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Main Author: Nuno Carvalho
Format: Artículo científico
Language:en
Published: Universidad Alberto Hurtado 2018
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Online Access:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=84782501005
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contents Why say no to innovation? Evidence from industrial SMEs in European Union Nuno Carvalho Zornitsa Yordanova Ingeniería SME non industry Innovation European Union This paper aims at presenting the results from a research on the reasons why more than 50% of the small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) in European Union (EU) are non-innovative. The paper intends to find out which are the specific factors that influence the percentage of non-innovative industrial SMEs, considering that SMEs are the main stakeholders and target group of EU funds and policies, and industry is the main direction for economic development. The study employs a cross-sectional study and linear regressions. The findings after applying the research methodology show some already known factors that obstruct SMEs innovation performance like lack of internal finance and little market competition. However, the main contribution of the research is the finding that a low market demand does not contribute to an increase in the percentage of non-innovative enterprises. As a conclusion, all the measures and EU programs for boosting market demand for the purposes of increasing the number of innovative enterprises would be useless. 2018 artículo científico 0718-2724 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=84782501005 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=847 Journal of Technology Management & Innovation application/pdf Universidad Alberto Hurtado Journal of Technology Management & Innovation (Chile) Num.2 Vol.13
format Artículo científico
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publishDate 2018
publisher Universidad Alberto Hurtado
spellingShingle Why say no to innovation? Evidence from industrial SMEs in European Union
Nuno Carvalho
Ingeniería
SME
non
industry
Innovation
European Union
Why say no to innovation? Evidence from industrial SMEs in European Union Nuno Carvalho Zornitsa Yordanova Ingeniería SME non industry Innovation European Union This paper aims at presenting the results from a research on the reasons why more than 50% of the small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) in European Union (EU) are non-innovative. The paper intends to find out which are the specific factors that influence the percentage of non-innovative industrial SMEs, considering that SMEs are the main stakeholders and target group of EU funds and policies, and industry is the main direction for economic development. The study employs a cross-sectional study and linear regressions. The findings after applying the research methodology show some already known factors that obstruct SMEs innovation performance like lack of internal finance and little market competition. However, the main contribution of the research is the finding that a low market demand does not contribute to an increase in the percentage of non-innovative enterprises. As a conclusion, all the measures and EU programs for boosting market demand for the purposes of increasing the number of innovative enterprises would be useless. 2018 artículo científico 0718-2724 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=84782501005 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=847 Journal of Technology Management & Innovation application/pdf Universidad Alberto Hurtado Journal of Technology Management & Innovation (Chile) Num.2 Vol.13
title Why say no to innovation? Evidence from industrial SMEs in European Union
topic Ingeniería
SME
non
industry
Innovation
European Union
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=84782501005