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A new role for small business in innovation networks : an industrial perspective

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  • Gilles Lambert

    (Humanis - Hommes et management en société / Humans and management in society - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg)

  • Veronique Schaeffer

    (BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Abstract

The strategies implemented by businesses to preserve or improve their competitiveness evolve over time since they are inscribed in an economic environment that is in a natural and permanent mutation. The central position of radical innovation in an environment marked by the intensification of competition, the need for returns on investment and the permanent acceleration of technological evolution is expressed through numerous organisational innovations related to the innovative activity of companies. One of the outstanding characteristics of the introduced innovations is the extension of Research and Development (R&D) activities to collaborations between companies and the building of innovation networks that imply diverse actors. The role of Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in innovation networks has evolved. To remain competitive, they must also develop their innovative capacity. In large companies, changes in their innovation strategy are most notably characterised by openness to partners who are not the usual ones; SMEs are among these unusual partners.

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  • Gilles Lambert & Veronique Schaeffer, 2010. "A new role for small business in innovation networks : an industrial perspective," Post-Print hal-03949910, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03949910
    DOI: 10.1504/ijesb.2010.029499
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