The Role of the Region for Innovation Activities of SMEs

By Franz Tödtling, Alexander Kaufmann. 2001

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Subfields: Management of Technology and Innovation, Political Science and International Relations, Strategy and Management

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Innovation, networking and the new industrial clusters: the characteristics of networks and local innovation capabilities in the Turkish industrial clusters (2005, background): “Innovation in low-technology traditional sectors is not contradictory, as clearly defined by the SMEPOL project (Tödtling and Kaufmann 2001).”
(How) Do (Firms in) Clusters Create Knowledge? (2005, background): “Related to this are a small number of studies that suggest that in some clusters inter‐firm collaboration (formal and informal) does occur but this tends to be limited to a small number of highly innovative firms (Lyons, 2000 ) or to small to medium‐sized businesses (Arndt and Sternberg, 2000 ; th”
Innovation, Collaboration, and Learning in Regional Clusters: A Study of SMEs in the Aberdeen Oil Complex (2003, background): “than the broader supply-based networks emphasised in the literature on interactive innovation (Todtling and Kaufman, 2001).”
Universities, knowledge networks and regional policy (2008, background): “It is often the case that a market-based relationship is first required before more collaborative knowledge sourcing and transfer is undertaken, such is the case customers and suppliers become keys sources of knowledge sources for many firms (Todtling and Kaufmann, 2001; Freel, 2002; Maskell, 2004).”
Regional innovation systems: Current discourse and unresolved issues (2005, background): “Conceptualizations of regional innovation systems correspond to those found by several researchers [1,4,15,20,30].”
What Kind of Entrepreneurship Drives Regional Development in European Non-core Regions? A Literature Review on Empirical Entrepreneurship Research (2013, background): “In non-core regions, however, both the portion of innovating firms (Henderson, 2002; North & Smallbone, 2000a, 2006; Toedtling & Kaufmann, 2001) and their foundation rate (Stam, 2005; Tamasy & Le Heron, 2008) tend to be low.”
Beating Competitors to International Markets: The Value of Geographically Balanced Networks for Innovation (2014, background): “Proximity of collaboration is especially critical for smaller firms, which, unlike their larger counterparts, are less able to attain knowledge solely through internal research and development efforts (Tödtling and Kaufman, 2001).”
SMEs' internationalisation: When does innovation matter? (2019, background): “Generally, radical innovation is defined as advancements in knowledge because of the development of new products and processes that are new to the market/industry (e.g., Cosh & Hughes, 1998; Freel & Harrison, 2006; Love et al., 2016; Tether, 2002; Van Beers & Zand, 2014).”
Types of innovation, sources of information and performance in entrepreneurial SMEs (2010, background): “A further explanation could also be the incapability of firms to collaborate with each other and with regional public support organizations (cf. Tödtling and Kaufmann, 1999, Tödtling and Kaufmann, 2001).”