Innovation Strategies And Performance In Small Firms

Author : John Russel Baldwin
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781781009703
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Innovation Strategies and Performance in Small Firms written by John Russel Baldwin and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features of the volume: comprehensive strategic profiles representative of small-firm populations; information from business surveys and administrative data sources for a better understanding of how strategies and activities relate to firm performance; and an exploration of how small-firm strategies and activities vary across a diverse range of operating environments- from manufacturing to services to science-based environments.

Author : Nanja Strecker
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3834994812
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Innovation Strategy and Firm Performance written by Nanja Strecker and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-08-04 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nanja Strecker answers the question to what extend there is a relation between innovation strategy and a firm performance. The comprehensive empirical research consists of primary research complemented with secondary data and capital market data, making the outcome highly reliable.

Author : Benoit Gailly
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319771914
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Navigating Innovation written by Benoit Gailly and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-05-17 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every firm must maintain an entrepreneurial ecosystem and a coherent innovation strategy in order to stay ahead of the competition. For managers this means being able to build a vision of what innovation looks like in the context of their organization, fostering entrepreneurial behaviour, spotting opportunities and making the right decisions. Based on years of practical experience and unique insight, this handy guide identifies fundamental challenges and is rooted in concrete examples. Accompanied by a brand new app for iPhone and Android as well as a companion website (www.NavigatingInnovation.org), this is an easy dip in, dip out guide with a focus on successful execution. Navigating Innovation is a one-stop-shop, giving you a deeper understanding of the core concepts and tools to capture the right opportunities for your business.

Author : Tim Mazzarol
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Strategy of Small Firms written by Tim Mazzarol and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The majority of businesses throughout the world are small firms and they play a crucial role in the economic growth of the world's economies. The authors offer a conceptual framework supported by their own original case study data to explain how and why a small firm should approach strategic planning.

Author : Wim Vanhaverbeke
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108165796
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Managing Open Innovation in SMEs written by Wim Vanhaverbeke and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-05-27 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concept of open innovation (OI) has become a very popular topic during the last decade, with an increasing number of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) embracing OI practices to gain competitive advantage. With the majority of publications focusing on large firms, open innovation in SMEs has received scant attention from both scholars and practitioners. This book seeks to correct this imbalance by providing an in-depth study for both business managers and graduate-level students. Using rich, in-depth case studies from successful companies, it examines different approaches to managing OI in order to develop practical guidelines for implementation. It also highlights important differences between OI strategies in SMEs and large companies. Its findings will be of use to those studying or working in innovation management, open innovation, small business management and entrepreneurship.

Author : Tim Mazzarol
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811926514
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Commercialisation and Innovation Strategy in Small Firms written by Tim Mazzarol and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-06-30 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the process of commercialisation and innovation management in small firms. Although commercialisation and new product development (NPD) has been covered quite extensively, relatively little attention has been given to how small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) engage with these issues. The book explores this topic in depth, taking a close look at the reasons why decisions are made and mapping this behaviour against established theories and “best practice” models of NPD and commercialisation. The book uses case studies to analyse the relationship between entrepreneurial decision- making and commercialisation, and investigates how and why NPD and commercialisation decisions are made, which offers valuable insights from both a theoretical and applied perspective.

Author : Rahman, Hakikur
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1613505205
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book SMEs and Open Innovation: Global Cases and Initiatives written by Rahman, Hakikur and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2011-12-31 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Open innovation has been widely implemented in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with the aim of influencing business promotion, value gain, and economic empowerment. However, little is known about the processes used to implement open innovation in SMEs and the associated challenges and benefits. SMEs and Open Innovation: Global Cases and Initiatives unites knowledge on how SMEs can apply open innovation strategies to development by incorporating academic, entrepreneurial, institutional, research, and empirical cases. This book discusses diverse policy, economic, and cultural issues, including numerous opportunities and challenges surrounding open innovation strategies; studies relevant risks and risk management; analyzes SMEs evolution pattern on adopting open innovation strategies through available measurable criteria; and assists practitioners in designing action plans to empower SMEs.

Author : Raymond P. Oakey
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Management of Innovation in High Technology Small Firms written by Raymond P. Oakey and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1988-07-28 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The encouragement of the birth and growth of high technology small firms is a major goal of both national and regional government planning agencies. However, while there is broad agreement on the increasing value of this type of small firm to future industrial expansion beyond the year 2000, there is little hard evidence on which to base measures to encourage the rate of new firm formation and subsequent growth. This book aids policy prescription by providing a detailed study of regional variations in the management of innovation in high technology small firms. The empirical research considers all the major management factors that are inputs to the innovation process through a time-series study of innovation in British and American high technology small firms. In conclusion, results of this study form the basis of a radical new policy approach to the promotion of growth in high technology small firms.

Author : Helena Forsman
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 178326635X
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Small Firms as Innovators written by Helena Forsman and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2015-03-19 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Small Firms as Innovators: From Innovation to Sustainable Growth provides a rich empirical analysis of innovation in the context of small business. The book first introduces the general innovation patterns present in small firms. It then progresses to demonstrate how these firms create and strengthen their innovation capacity, how they transform this capacity into real-world innovations and how these innovations are exploited for creating superior competitiveness that can be transforemed into sustainable growth. To conclude, this book offers both theoretical and empirical insights for measuring and managing innovation performance in small firms. Contents:IntroductionInnovation Patterns in Small FirmsThe Capacity of Small Firms to InnovateFrom Innovations to GrowthTowards Superior or Lost Competitiveness Innovation Engine to Forster Learning in Small FirmsConclusions for Moving ForwardAppendix: Details Behind the Figures Readership: Graduate students and researchers who are interested in small-firm innovation and sustainable development. Key Features:A new approach that shifts the focus from an innovation to an innovator A holistic understanding on the dynamics leading from innovation to growth and sustainable competitiveness This book focuses on small firms (departing from the usual focus group — larger firms)Keywords:Competitiveness;Innovation;Growth;Small Firms;Sustainability

Author : Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1799891569
Total Pages : 1496 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Research Anthology on Small Business Strategies for Success and Survival written by Management Association, Information Resources and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2021-06-25 with total page 1496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Running a small business provides opportunity for greater success, increased growth, and potentially the chance to move to the global business arena, yet also much more risk. Small businesses not only have less employment, but also less annual revenue than a regular-sized business. With the growth of large corporations and chain businesses, it has become harder to maintain the survival of a small business. The COVID-19 pandemic has also brought more pressure onto the already unsteady survival of small businesses, due to forced closures, decreased agility, fewer technological innovations, and smaller customer bases. The Research Anthology on Small Business Strategies for Success and Survival offers current strategies for small businesses that can be utilized in order to maintain equal footing during challenging times. With the proper strategies available to small business owners, small businesses could not only survive, but also excel despite the environment that surrounds them. Covering topics including decision management, new supportive technologies, sustainable development, and micro-financing, this text is ideal for small business owners, entrepreneurs, startup companies, family-owned and operated businesses, restaurateurs, local retailers, managers, executives, academicians, researchers, and students.