Using knowledge within small and medium-sized firms: A systematic review of the evidence

By R. Thorpe, R. Holt, Allan Macpherson, L. Pittaway. 2005

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Subfields: Management of Technology and Innovation, Strategy and Management

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Citations in the corpus

Human Resource Development in SMEs: A Systematic Review of the Literature (2016, neutral): “In a number of cases inadequate abstracts made it difficult to identify the aims, approach, findings and conclusions of the studies (Thorpe et al., 2005).”
“SEW” What Do We Know and Where Do We Go? A Review of Socioemotional Wealth and a Way Forward (2020, methodology): “In order to conduct our systematic literature review of SEW studies in the family business literature, we followed the guidelines and employed a similar approach provided by Andreini et al. (2020) and Thorpe et al. (2005).”
Challenges for the Theory and Practice of Business Coaching (2016, methodology): “The second main step is to conduct the research review and this consists of searching for relevant research, using criteria to decide on which studies to include in the review, coding the included studies, and analysing these studies (Thorpe et al., 2005).”
Factors distinguishing small firm growers and non-growers (2011, background): “Strong evidence was also found that the successful owner-managers used networking activities to facilitate their learning (Chetty and Campbell-Hunt, 2003; Ekanem and Smallbone, 2007: 124; Rae, 2004; Thorpe et al., 2005).”
Software development in startup companies: A systematic mapping study (2014, background): “In this regard, Thorpe et al. [49] suggest to design a flexible “learning architecture”, sensitive to entrepreneurial characteristics and specific context of the company, without limiting creativity.”
Knowledge flow and inter-firm networks: The influence of network resources, spatial proximity and firm size (2010, background): “The networks of small firms are often considered to be particularly reliant on social networks such as connections with friends and family (Aldrich and Zimmer 1986; Uzzi 1997; Jack 2005; Thorpe et al. 2005; Lechner, Dowling, and Welpe 2006; Bowey and Easton 2007).”
Sample Selection in Systematic Literature Reviews of Management Research (2021, methodology): “…a structured and transparent examination of the content fit of initially identified research items is the A/B/C logic suggested by Pittaway et al. (2004) and applied similarly in several reviewed articles (e.g., Aguinis et al., 2018; Kauppi et al., 2018; Leseure et al., 2004; Thorpe et al., 2005).”
Balancing multiple interests: embedding innovation intermediation in the agricultural knowledge infrastructure (2008, background): “, 2004), intermediary organisations functioning as pure innovation intermediaries are often policy induced and publicly funded as a part of formal SME enterprise development programmes (Malecki and Tootle, 1996; Huggins, 2000; Kolodny et al., 2001; Laschewski et al., 2002; Phillipson et al., 2004; T”
Collaboration and Internationalization of SMEs: Insights and Recommendations from a Systematic Review (2020, result): “In a number of cases, however, it was difficult to clearly identify the study aim, theory, research method, and findings; to shed light on these issues, the introductions or conclusions (or both) of these studies were examined (Thorpe et al. 2005).”
Innovation in Family Firms: A Systematic Literature Review and Guidance for Future Research (2018, background): “Innovation literature has substantially dealt with small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) innovation (e.g. Lee et al. 2010; Thorpe et al. 2005), exploring innovation challenges and opportunities relative to firm size.”