Calabrese, Giuseppe; Coccia, Mario; Rolfo, Secondo - Istituto di Ricerca sulla Crescita Economica … - 2002
The industrial structure of many European countries is dominated by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Although SMEs … the innovation process is very low (Slywotzky et al., 1997). Moreover, if we consider the SMEs operating in the mature … a sample of SMEs located in a highly industrialised Italian region (Piedmont), the strategy used both for new product …