Small firms as innovators : from innovation to sustainable growth / Helena Forsman, University of Tampere, Finland
- Author
- Forsman, Helena
- Published
- London : Imperial College Press, [2015]
- Physical Description
- ix, 207 pages ; 24 cm.
- Series
- Contents
- Introduction -- Innovation patterns in small firms -- The capacity of small firms to innovate -- From innovations to growth -- Towards superior or lost competitiveness -- Innovation engine to foster learning in small firms -- Conclusions for moving forward.
- Summary
- "Small Firms as Innovators: From Innovation to Sustainable Growth provides a rich empirical analysis of innovation in the context of small business. The book first introduces the general innovation patterns present in small firms. It then progresses to demonstrate how these firms create and strengthen their innovation capacity, how they transform this capacity into real-world innovations and how these innovations are exploited for creating superior competitiveness that can be transforemed into sustainable growth. To conclude, this book offers both theoretical and empirical insights for measuring and managing innovation performance in small firms" -- From the publisher.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9781783266333
1783266333 - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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