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Strategic orientation of SME innovation activity in the Jena area

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  • Katharina Kaps
  • Silko Pfeil
  • Thomas Sauer
  • Matthias-Wolfgang Stoetzer

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The project KompNet2011 - success factors of regional innovation networks - examines the strategic orientation as well as the innovation activities of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Jena area. The authors, all at the Jena University of Applied Arts, present a preliminary evaluation of the data from a business survey conducted between August 2009 and March 2010.

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  • Katharina Kaps & Silko Pfeil & Thomas Sauer & Matthias-Wolfgang Stoetzer, 2011. "Strategic orientation of SME innovation activity in the Jena area," ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 64(09), pages 40-48, May.
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    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • R58 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Regional Development Planning and Policy
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes

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