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Spaces of Innovation: Experiences from Two Small High-Tech Firms
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Heiskanen, Tuula; Heiskanen, Hannu – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2011
Purpose: By comparing two small high-tech firms specialising in medical technology this article seeks to answer the following questions: What are the key characteristics of innovation processes in the case firms? How do the mutual relationships between mental, social and physical spaces explain the different pathways in the innovation processes in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Small Businesses, Medical Services, Technological Advancement
Evolving Knowledge Integration and Absorptive Capacity Perspectives upon University-Industry Interaction within a University
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Sparrow, John; Tarkowski, Krystyna; Lancaster, Nick; Mooney, Michele – Education & Training, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report upon an initiative within a case study UK university to facilitate service innovation in small firms. The paper aims to outline how explicit use of such concepts has the potential to enhance the effectiveness of this form of university-industry interaction. Design/methodology/approach: The paper…
Descriptors: Small Businesses, School Business Relationship, Case Studies, Inquiry
Action Learning as a Core Process for SME Business Support
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Powell, James A.; Houghton, Jane – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2008
This is an account the work of NetworkNorthWest, a [pound]1m project at the University of Salford that ran between 2004 and 2007 and was developed to address the issues relating to poor take up of traditional business support by small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and low levels of engagement of the business community with Institutes of…
Descriptors: Small Businesses, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Internet
Intellectual Capital and Corporate Performance in Knowledge-Intensive SMEs
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Cohen, Sandra; Kaimenakis, Nikolaos – Learning Organization, 2007
Purpose: In recent years a significant number of intellectual capital (IC) metrics has been developed and applied in many organizations. However, there is still a strong need to specify the relations among the different categories of intellectual assets that exist in the context of small to medium-sized enterprises (SME), and to determine the way…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Networks, Human Capital, Intellectual Property
Sustainability and Small to Medium Sized Enterprises--How to Engage Them
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Condon, Linda – Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 2004
Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) have a major advantage over larger organisations in regard to addressing sustainability issues--their size means they are able to react very quickly to changes in the business environment. They are disadvantaged, however, by lack of information on marketplace changes that make sustainability an opportunity…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Small Businesses, Sustainable Development, Attitudes
Maintaining Switzerland's Top Innovation Capacity. OECD Economics Department Working Papers, No. 487
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Jaumotte, Florence – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2006
Despite some weakening in the 1990s, partly due to sluggish trend growth, the Swiss innovation performance has been very strong. There are, however, areas in which policy reforms could strengthen innovation further and help Switzerland maintain its lead in the face of a changing global environment. Boosting competition, simplifying administrative…
Descriptors: Innovation, Competition, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education