R&D in SMEs: a paradox?

By R. Ortega-Argilés, M. Vivarelli, P. Voigt. 2009

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This paper has three objectives: (1) to survey the relevant literature addressing the (apparent) paradox of Research & Development investments carried out within Small and Medium Enterprises; (2) to provide focused summaries of the articles in this special issue; (3) to draw some general conclusions in terms of policy implications.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Strategy and Management

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Citations in the corpus

Muppets and gazelles: political and methodological biases in entrepreneurship research (2014, unknown): “…the benefits of the high-variance, highly skewed returns from investing in innovation; lack market power; and lack the diversified output of larger firms, which makes it more difficult for them to apply the outcomes of research as effectively (Ortega-Argiles et al., 2009; Cohen and Klepper, 1996).”
The effects of public support schemes on small and medium enterprises (2015, background): “Increasing R&D intensity and capacity is an important issue for SMEs because they are known to generally under invest in R&D due to the “lack of knowledge about how and where to acquire necessary competences” (Ortega-Argiles et al., 2009).”
Open, Semi-Open and Closed Innovators: Towards an Explanation of Degree of Openness (2010, background): “Many such firms are innovative (Hall et al., 2009; Ortega-Argilés et al., 2009; Barge-Gil et al., 2011) and little is known about their innovation strategies: the characteristics of our database do not allow us to analyse this issue.”
How SMEs exploit their intellectual property assets: evidence from survey data (2011, unknown): “Ortega-Argilés et al. (2009) propose several kinds of public intervention to support R&D activities in SMEs.”
The internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises: the effect of family management, human capital and foreign ownership (2010, background): “In general, the role of R&D activities in SMEs is much debated (Ortega-Argilés et al. 2009) for several reasons.”
Non-R&D SMEs: external knowledge, absorptive capacity and product innovation (2014, background): “In addition, SMEs may be better positioned to take advantage of external knowledge than large firms through less bureaucratic and more flexible management practices (Ortega-Argilés et al. 2009).”
Drivers of Entrepreneurship and Post-Entry Performance of Newborn Firms in Developing Countries (2014, unknown): “For a discussion of the key role of innovation and R&D in young firms and SMEs in general, see Ortega-Argilés, Vivarelli, and Voigt (2009) and Voigt and Moncada-Paternò-Castello (2012).”