' networking, collaboration and mutual learning in implementing innovation. The characteristics of interactions between actors …

service SMEs. Statistical data analysis methods included EFA, CFA and multiple regression modeling. The major finding is the …

hierarchical levels. In many SMEs, however, such formal mechanisms are complemented or even replaced by informal social networks … among managers and employees. Despite the relevance of intraorganizational networks, past research on SMEs, however, was … focused mainly on the interorganizational level of analysis. To cover this gap, we map ego networks of senior managers in SMEs …

collaborate with external sources of knowledge. The current study analyses the collaboration between SMEs and academia over an …Due to a variety of barriers to develop innovation, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) find it necessary to … new joint research unit. Data was collected from a local group of SMEs that collaborated as dyads with academia supported …