Internal capabilities and external knowledge sources: complements or substitutes for innovative performance?

By Yannis Caloghirou, I. Kastelli, A. Tsakanikas. 2004

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Innovativeness and business performances in tourism SMEs. (2015, background): “Empirical research demonstrates the relevance of the set of variables referring to internal knowledge, such as learning and R&D activities, and those related to external knowledge, such as attendance at fairs and conferences (Caloghirou et al., 2004; Jiménez-Jiménez & Sanz-Valle, 2011).”
The effect of external and internal factors on firms’ product innovation (2008, background): “First, there is a wide body of empirical literature that stresses the value of R&D activities as a determinant of firm’s innovative performance (Caloghirou et al., 2004; Duchesneau et al., 1979; Freel, 2003; Oerlemans et al., 1998; Reichstein and Salter, 2006).”
Determinants of innovativeness in SMEs: disentangling core innovation and technology adoption capabilities (2017, background): “In this sense, the firm’s size is a common factor in research as it represents the resources and capacities necessary for innovation (Caloghirou et al., 2004; Galende and De la Fuente, 2003).”
How Can External Relationships Enhance Innovation in SMEs? New Evidence for Europe* (2012, background): “At the same time, for a given quantity of identified external knowledge flows, the degree by which the firm derives benefits also depends on its absorptive capacity (Caloghirou and Kastelli 2004).”