The current study examines the impact of GVCs on the performance of SMEs in Uva and central provinces of Sri Lanka … success factors in relation to linking SMEs with GVCs are also identified. A total of 329 SMEs in both provinces were surveyed … analysis found that SMEs that are linked with GVCs have a higher level of profit than those that are not. Apart from the direct …

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

and used in the value creation process. In this paper, we focus on small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) and study their … while the ability of SMEs to build a strong knowledge-capital remains weak (mainly due to fewer resources), SMEs play an …

Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), examines the cooperation activities of predominant small and medium …. Over 80% of the participants use direct channels of knowledge transfer, such as education/training services and workshops …

technology SMEs. Innovation networks are positively related to both product and process innovation, i.e. knowledge creation. One … exception is the negative effect of innovation networks with suppliers on product innovation. Older SMEs are more product … innovative than young SMEs. The positive relation between firm size and (process) innovation, disappears when networks are …