The role played by SMEs in any society is undoubtedly important, for instance, in Portugal around 98% of the industrial … fabric is composed by SMEs. Nowadays, entrepreneurship and firm creation is mostly related to small and micro firms, which …, have influence in the development theatre. At the same, not only the SMEs as a group of firms (industrial sector) must be …

a classification of SMEs who take part in the knowledge transfer process of specifically colleges of higher education … regional development in knowledge-driven economies. In this respect the role of institutes of higher education is essential, as … the case of the Netherlands however, because of their binary system, colleges of higher education make up a great deal of …

(SMEs), and especially the effect of regional factors. Innovations are seen as central phenomena on both micro and macro …

role of innovation to create an environment where small and medium size companies (SMEs) are developed. The EREM may …

business sector increased significantly in Europe. According to surveys of the EC-Flash Eurobarometer (2005), over 77% of SMEs … cycle the traditional credit constraint faced by SMEs (Vohrl and Adams, 1997; EU 2011; Callejón and Segarra, 2012), would … than in others (ECB-Survey on the access to finance of SMEs in the euro area, 2011). The question this paper raises is …

prevalence of smaller companies (SMEs) in the economies. In this context, it may be hypothesized that the progress and results of …

This paper analyses the role of SMEs in regional development, focusing the particular case of This paper analyses the … role of SMEs in regional development, focusing the particular case of Lublin Region in Poland. By using a questionnaire … questionnaires. At the end 314 questionnaires answered by managers from SMEs operating the in region of Lublin, acting the in the …

-managed SMEs and patent applications is identified. This finding is highly robust when controlling for spatial correlations as they …