Sectoral patterns of small firm innovation, networking and proximity

By Mark Freel. 2003

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Management of Technology and Innovation, Strategy and Management

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Innovation in services – how different from manufacturing? (2008, background): “Moreover, older firms often get entrenched in established procedures that create a resistance to the integration of major external advances and thus represent a barrier to innovation (Freel, 2003).”
Assessing the impact of organizational learning capability on product innovation performance: an empirical test (2008, background): “Recent research has found evidence of the transcendence of networks for SMEs (Freel, 2003; Rogers, 2004; Rickne, 2006).”
Regulation and firm perception, eco-innovation and firm performance (2012, background): “Freel (2003), McCann and Simonen (2005) and Roper et al. (2008) highlight the importance of external knowledge sources for innovation.”
Entrepreneurship, innovation and regional growth: a network theory (2015, background): “…is considered to have become increasingly important to entrepreneurial firms, which often cannot generate internally all the knowledge necessary for innovation (Freel 2000a, 2003; Hite and Hesterly 2001; YliRenko et al. 2001; Almeida et al. 2003; Huggins and Johnston 2009, 2010; Doran et al. 2012).”
Partner Geographic and Organizational Proximity and the Innovative Performance of Knowledge‐Creating Alliances (2014, positive): “Moreover, while research in economic geography has traditionally focused on geographic proximity exclusively, a considerable literature has argued that other dimensions of proximity, that is, organizational, cognitive, social, cultural, institutional, and technological proximity, may provide alterna”
Determinants of innovativeness in SMEs: disentangling core innovation and technology adoption capabilities (2017, background): “Firstly, there is collaboration with other agents of the value chain, such as clients, suppliers, distributors and competitors (Ar and Baki, 2011; Freel, 2003).”
Determinants of product innovation in small firms: A Comparison Across Industries (2004, methodology): “Third, the use of external networks to extend a firm’s knowledge base has frequently been related to successful innovation (e.g. Rothwell, 1977, 1991; Hoffman et al., 1998; Romijn and Albaladejo, 2002; Freel, 2003).”