While an increasing number of conceptual studies postulate that vocational education and training (VET) activities have … (SMEs). We conclude that companies' participation in the VET system facilitates organizational learning in training …

knowledge, know-what and know-why. Based upon 81 in-depth interviews with German SMEs and regional innovation consultants, this … work focuses on the role of experience-based know-how for SMEs innovations within different modes of innovation. Experience …-based know-how is found to be important for all modes of innovation, regardless of an SMEs mode of innovation. Results from …

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 …