Strategic Innovation In Small Firms

Author : Tim Mazzarol,Sophie Reboud
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1781003025

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Strategic Innovation in Small Firms by Tim Mazzarol,Sophie Reboud Pdf

Strategic Innovation in Small Firms is an investigation of the commercialization practices of small firms across a wide range of industries in nine OECD countries. The authors examine the perspective of these firms' managers on their national innovation systems and on their firm's innovation management practices. The research is focused on understanding the process of innovation management both from the perspective of the small firm and from a broader strategic perspective. Drawing on a database of 567 cases, the contributors examine the commercialization practices of small to medium sized firms across a wide range of industries. They suggest that there are more similarities than differences to be found between countries and industries with size, level of R&D intensity and type of innovation project being important points of difference. The need for increased formality in the commercialization of radical innovations is shown, although they find that most small firms are not characterized by such formality within their innovation management processes.This multinational study in which a common methodology and case study survey protocol is employed, will strongly appeal to academic researchers and research students as well as policymakers engaged in the support for innovation commercialization in SMEs. Entrepreneurs and small business owners will also find plenty of invaluable information in this unique and important resource.

Author : Tim Mazzarol,Sophie Reboud
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business planning
ISBN : PSU:000067210787

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The Strategy of Small Firms by Tim Mazzarol,Sophie Reboud Pdf

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 : John Russel Baldwin,Guy Gellatly
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1781009708

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Innovation Strategies and Performance in Small Firms by John Russel Baldwin,Guy Gellatly Pdf

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 : Tim Mazzarol,Sophie Reboud,Delwyn Clark,Monique Moore,Peter Malone,Geoffrey N. Soutar
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811926518

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Commercialisation and Innovation Strategy in Small Firms by Tim Mazzarol,Sophie Reboud,Delwyn Clark,Monique Moore,Peter Malone,Geoffrey N. Soutar Pdf

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 : Wim Vanhaverbeke
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107073029

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Managing Open Innovation in SMEs by Wim Vanhaverbeke Pdf

This book uses in-depth case studies to provide a structured analysis of open innovation practices in small and medium-sized enterprises.

Author : Zoltán J. Ács,David B. Audretsch
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0262011131

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Innovation and Small Firms by Zoltán J. Ács,David B. Audretsch Pdf

Utilizing a unique data set, Zoltan Acs and David Audretsch provide a rich empirical analysis of the increased importance of small firms in generating technological innovations and their growing contribution to the U.S. economy. They identify the contributions made by both small and large firms to the innovative process and the manner in which market structure, and the firm-size distribution in particular, responds to technological change. The authors' analysis relies on traditional theories of industrial organization and tests existing hypotheses, many of them previously untested due to data constraints. Innovation and Small Firms brings together two large data bases recently released by the U. S. Small Business Administration - one directly measuring innovative activity for large and small firms, the other providing a detailed census of economic activity for all manufacturing firms and plants across a broad spectrum of industries. Acs and Audretsch describe and evaluate the data bases in the context of the literature on innovation, market structure, and firm size. They present their findings on the presence of small firms, small-firm entry in manufacturing, small-firm growth and flexible technology, and mobility and firm size. They compare static and dynamic measures of small-firm viability and address the relationships between R&D, innovation, and productivity, and analyze the interaction between technological regimes and the role of government in innovation.

Author : Joe Tidd,John Bessant
Publisher : Wiley Global Education
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781118863381

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Strategic Innovation Management by Joe Tidd,John Bessant Pdf

This first edition of Strategic Innovation Management is an exciting new addition to the established bestselling texts Managing Innovation and Innovation and Entrepreneurship written by Joe Tidd and John Bessant. Aimed at students taking courses in business studies and management, as well as non-specialist courses in other disciplines, this book provides a practical and accessible evidence-based approach to managing innovation in a wide range of contexts, including: manufacturing, services, small to large organizations and the private, public and third sectors. The text has been designed to be fully integrated with the Innovation Portal at www.innovation-portal.info, which contains an extensive collection of additional resources for both lecturers and students including teaching resources, case studies, media clips, innovation tools, seminar and assessment activities and over 300 test-bank questions.

Author : Raymond P. Oakey,Roy Rothwell,Sarah Cooper
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1988-07-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105030474410

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The Management of Innovation in High Technology Small Firms by Raymond P. Oakey,Roy Rothwell,Sarah Cooper Pdf

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 : Tim Mazzarol,Sophie Reboud
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811394126

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation by Tim Mazzarol,Sophie Reboud Pdf

This book provides an overview of the theory, practice and context of entrepreneurship and innovation at both the industry and firm level. It provides a foundation of ideas and understandings designed to shape the reader’s thinking and behaviour to better appreciate the role of innovation and entrepreneurship in modern economies, and to recognise their own abilities in this regard. The book is aimed at students studying advanced levels of entrepreneurship, innovation and related fields as well as practitioners (for example, managers, business owners). As entrepreneurship and innovation are largely indivisible elements and cannot be adequately understood if studied separately, the book provides the reader with an overview of these elements and how they combine to create new value in the market. This edition is updated with recent international research, including research and examples from Europe, the US, and the Asia-Pacific region.

Author : Claudine Gay,Berangere L. Szostak
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781786303172

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Innovation and Creativity in SMEs by Claudine Gay,Berangere L. Szostak Pdf

In order to survive in their market and differentiate themselves from the competition, small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which represent more than 90% of companies worldwide, need to be creative and innovative. This book presents a conceptual framework for thinking about innovation and creativity in SMEs. It takes into account their strategic relation to their environment and the economic, technological and social changes that they face. Their ability to enhance their creativity with new ideas and to legitimize them during their implementation is also taken into account

Author : Jamil, George Leal,Pinto Ferreira, João José,Pinto, Maria Manuela,Magalhães Pessoa, Cláudio Roberto,Xavier, Alexandra
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 772 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781522530138

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Handbook of Research on Strategic Innovation Management for Improved Competitive Advantage by Jamil, George Leal,Pinto Ferreira, João José,Pinto, Maria Manuela,Magalhães Pessoa, Cláudio Roberto,Xavier, Alexandra Pdf

Innovation is a vital process for any business to remain competitive in this age. This progress must be coherently and optimally managed, allowing for successful improvement and future growth. The Handbook of Research on Strategic Innovation Management for Improved Competitive Advantage provides emerging research on the use of information and knowledge to promote development in various business agencies. While covering topics such as design thinking, financial analysis, and policy planning, this publication explores the wide and complex relationships that constitute strategic innovation management principals and processes. This publication is an important resource for students, professors, researchers, managers, and entrepreneurs seeking current research on the methods and tools regarding information and knowledge management for business advancement.

Author : Stephen Ackermann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781461551737

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Are Small Firms Important? Their Role and Impact by Stephen Ackermann Pdf

Are Small Firms Important? Their Role and Impact proposes and supports the claim that small firms make two indispensable contributions to the economy. First, they are an integral part of the renewal process that pervades market economies. New and small firms play a crucial role in experimentation and innovation that leads to technological change, productivity and economic growth. Second, small firms are the essential mechanism by which millions enter the economic and social mainstream of American society. The public policy implications for sustained economic growth and social well-being is the continued high-level creation of new and small firms by all segments of society. It should be the role of government policy to facilitate that process by eliminating entry barriers, lowering transaction costs, and minimizing regulation.

Author : Malcolm Goodman,Sandra M. Dingli
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317199489

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Creativity and Strategic Innovation Management by Malcolm Goodman,Sandra M. Dingli Pdf

Creativity and Strategic Innovation Management was the first book to integrate innovation management with both change management and creativity to form an innovative guide to survival in rapidly changing market conditions. Treating creativity as the process, and innovation the result, Goodman and Dingli emphasise the importance of a strategic approach to management through fostering creative processes. Revised and updated for a second edition, this ground-breaking book now includes: A new section on contemporary themes in innovation management, such as the use of social media and sustainability. More coverage of entrepreneurship, ethics, diversity issues and the legal aspects of technology and innovation management. More international cases and real life examples. The book is also supported by a range of new tutor support materials. This textbook is an ideal accompaniment to postgraduate courses on innovation management and creativity management. The focused approach by Goodman and Dingli also makes it useful as supplementary reading on a range of courses from management of technology to strategic management.

Author : John R. Baldwin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1375165182

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Innovation by John R. Baldwin Pdf

This study examines the differences in strategies and activities pursued by a sample of more-successful and less-successful group of growing small-and medium-sized enterprises. Amongst other matters, it examines different functional strategies--the importance of management, human resource practices, marketing, financing, and the innovativeness of the firm. Innovative activites are the most important determinants of success; that is, for a wide range of industries, they serve to discriminate between the more- and the less-successful firms better than any other variable. Almost all of the strategy questions that relate to innovative activity receive higher scores from the more-successful group of firms than from the less-successful group of firms. This is also the case for innovative activities--whether a firm possesses an R&D unit, its expenditure on R&D relative to total investment, and its R&D-to-sales ratio.

Author : John Russel Baldwin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:48417132

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Innovation by John Russel Baldwin Pdf