The Role of Networks in Small and Medium‐Sized Enterprise Innovation and Firm Performance

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Unravelling appropriability mechanisms and openness depth effects on firm performance across stages in the innovation process (2017, background): “…areas of interest that stemm from the investigation of open innovation practices and firm performance notably include investigation of SMEs (e.g. Gronum et al., 2012; Huang and Rice, 2009; Kim and Park, 2010; Lasagni, 2012; Parida et al., 2012) and several longitudinal studies (see Tsai and…”
How do micro-firms manage coopetition? A study of the wine sector in France (2018, background): “Forms of inter-firm cooperation considered in the literature include informal inter-firm networks (Martin-Rios and Erhardt, 2016), (firm) networks (Gronum et al., 2012; Lechner and Dowling, 2003; Shaw, 2006), small business groups (Lechner and Leyronas, 2009), social networks (BarNir and Smith, 2002”
The Impact of Entrepreneurial Business Networks on Firms’ Performance Through a Mediating Role of Dynamic Capabilities (2019, background): “Gronum, Verreynne and Kastelle (2012) recognized that the entrepreneurial business network influences significantly the achievements of small business firms [49].”
Open innovation: a new classification and its impact on firm performance in innovative SMEs (2015, background): “Gronum et al. (2012) showed that collaboration with various partners can improve innovation in SMEs.”