Innovation in SMEs and Micro Firms - Culture, Entrepreneurial Dynamics and Regional Development (Paperback)

What is the role of culture in the innovation dynamic of small firms within the context of their territorial environments? How do shared values, beliefs and practices underpin the knowledge production process that leads to innovation? In what way do symbolic aspects of social life shape European SMEs' innovation processes? This volume gives an extensive insight into the complex links between culture and innovation in one of the key agents of economic life: SMEs and micro firms. The chapters employ different analytical and methodological strategies in regions of Europe to identify dimensions of culture, especially values, norms, skills and institutions, and to scrutinize which specific components of culture are relevant to firm innovation and to the more general dynamics of regional innovation. The original research presented shows how small firms learn, interact, compete and collaborate with other key agents of the innovation system. Taken as a whole, the volume points the way towards a more comprehensive framework for understanding the nature of innovation in SMEs and micro firms. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of European Planning Studies.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2020
First published:	2018
Editors:	Manuel Fernandez-Esquinas • Madelon Van Oostrom • Hugo Pinto
Dimensions:	246 x 174 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	228
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-58968-4
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Regional & area planning > General Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Microeconomics > General Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Ownership & organization of enterprises > Small businesses & self-employed Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Business mathematics & systems > General Promotions
LSN:	0-367-58968-0
Barcode:	9780367589684

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