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and Medium enterprises (SMEs). Seemingly, a successful R&D is a task of innovation processes and development of R …&D networks with allied companies. There is a perceived lack of understanding regarding the importance of SMEs and their need to … article presents R&D network issues from the perspective of their impact on value creation in SMEs. The fundamental trend to …
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' networking, collaboration and mutual learning in implementing innovation. The characteristics of interactions between actors …
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In this study, we examine the prevalence of different KM practices and the organizational determinants of KM among SMEs … by conducting a quantitative study of empirical data from nearly 500 Dutch SMEs. Our empirical results show that … knowledge is managed in a people-based approach in SMEs. SMEs are most likely to acquire knowledge by staying in touch with …
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Social networks matter in the innovation processes of young and small firms, since lsquo;innovation does not exist in a vacuum (Van De Ven, 1986: 601).' The contacts a firm has could both generate advantages for further innovation and growth, and disadvantages leading to inertia and stagnation....
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The purpose of this article is to suggest a (preliminary) taxonomy and research agenda for the topic of “firms, crowds, and innovation” and to provide an introduction to the associated special issue. We specifically discuss how various crowd-related phenomena and practices — for example,...
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As a first step towards understanding the evolution of small groups in firms, this paper develops and tests a simple decision-theoretical model of research-unit evolution in which, as managers resolve their uncertainty over time, they shut down under-performing units and remove under-performing...
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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 …
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We consider an important class of research and development (R&D) investments in public and private entities that require selection from a large number of proposals such that: (1) the potential monetary value of the proposals is not a first-order factor in the selection; and (2) the investments...
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