The end of entrepreneurship is a comprehensive strategy for creating the conditions and
culture that nurture and sustain the entrepreneurial spirit. This chapter presents an overview …

In recent years, the concept of regional innovation systems has evolved into a widely used
analytical framework that generates the empirical foundation for innovation policy making …

This paper aims to examine the influence of innovation on competitive advantage in foods
manufacturing SMEs in Malaysia and the moderating effects of firm age on innovation …

The objective of this research is threefold: first, to investigate the role of goods, service, and
process innovation on SMEs' internationalisation (ie, exporting); second, to investigate the …

Innovation has moved to the foreground in regional policy in the last decade. Concrete
policies were shaped by “best practice models” derived from high-tech areas and well …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to examine the information sourcing practices of small‐
to medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) associated with the development of different types of …

It is commonly accepted nowadays that innovations are brought forward in an interactive
process of knowledge generation and application. The business sector, the science sector …

This empirical paper presents the results of a detailed case‐study investigation of co‐
creation in radical service innovation. The rationale for the paper is that detailed …

Since the early 1990s, the concept of regional competitiveness has become a hegemonic
discourse within public policy circles in developed countries. However, it is a somewhat …

The regional innovation systems (RIS) concept has become popular among academics,
political decision-makers and regional stakeholders of innovation. Understanding the …