SME efficiency in transforming regional business research and innovation investments into innovative sales output

Effectiveness and Efficiency of SME Innovation Policy

This paper assesses UK innovation policy impact on a large, population weighted, sample of both service and manufacturing SMEs. By focussing on self-reported innovation the study achieves a wider coverage of the effects of SME innovation policy than possible with more traditional indicators. Propensity score matching indicates that SMEs receiving UK state support for innovation were more likely...

Regional Efficiency, Innovation and Productivity

A blossoming stream of the regional innovation systems (RIS) literature is being devoted to investigate the relationship between RIS efficiency and productivity growth. Our study aims at evaluating: first, the ex-post relative technical efficiency in innovation in a sample of OECD regions by means of a DEA (data envelopment analysis) methodology. We will also match these results with regression...

SME Innovation & Differentiation as a Business Strategic Priority – Leveraging the SME IT-Capability Maturity Framework

In a globalized business landscape characterised by complex and evolving operational environments, " standing out from the crowd " is an important factor in effectively competing on the global stage. Despite greater resource constraints, Small and Medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are recognised for their agility and flexibility comparative to larger firms, and thus may be better positioned to ac...

SME policy and the Regional Dimension of Innovation : Towards a New Paradigm for Innovation Policy ?

Based on the empirical findings achieved in a comparative research, involving 40 innovation policy instruments in 11 European regions, this paper exposes the claim for a new innovation policy paradigm and proposes a shift in rationale and in broad orientations for innovation policy, addressing SMEs in their regional context. The main role for innovation policy, which aims to increase the capaci...

Inconsistent and Incongruent Frames During IT-enabled Change: An Action Research Study into Sales Process Innovation