that there are significant differences in the spatial and functional profile of large firms vis-à-vis SMEs across distinct …

R&D collaboration facilitates pooling of complementary skills, learning from the partner as well as sharing risks and … gains from collaboration can be high initially, cost may start to outweigh those benefits if firms engage in multiple … collaborative projects simultaneously. This study explicitly considers a firm's collaboration intensity, that is, the share of …

performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). We evaluate the effectiveness of regional, national and European funding … a significant positive effect on SMEs' export performance. For funding programs run by regional authorities, we find … results suggest that public innovation programs should challenge SMEs to go for more ambitious innovations in order to …

This paper investigates the drivers and the effects of the internationalisation of innovation activities in SMEs based … important for international innovation activities of SMEs. Fierce home market competition turns out to be rather an obstacle …

and medium-sized firms (SMEs). While there is little doubt about the significance of technology competence for generating … successful innovations, inhouse R&D activities may be a particular challenge for SMEs due to high risk exposure, high fixed costs …, high minimum investment and severe financial constraints. SMEs may thus opt for refraining from R&D and relying more on …

This paper investigates the drivers and effects of the internationalisation of innovation activities in SMEs based on a … important for international innovation activities of SMEs. Fierce home market competition turns out to be rather an obstacle …