Innovative Characteristics of Small and Medium Enterprises

The purpose of the paper is to investigate the technological innovative characteristics in the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) belonging to the Italian manufacturing sector. A survey based on e-mail and fax questionnaire of 285 SMEs was conducted with a response rate of about 45%. The methodolog...

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Autores principales:	Bigliardi,Barbara, Colacino,Pierluigi, Dormio,Alberto Ivo
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y Negocios 2011
Materias:	SMEs Italy manufacturing industry innovation
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description	The purpose of the paper is to investigate the technological innovative characteristics in the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) belonging to the Italian manufacturing sector. A survey based on e-mail and fax questionnaire of 285 SMEs was conducted with a response rate of about 45%. The methodology consisted in a descriptive analysis on general data and in a discriminant analysis on data related to the innovative activity and aimed at determine the factors distinguishing more and less innovative companies. On the basis of this survey, the innovative profile of SMEs has been highlighted as well as the factors and problems of the innovative process analyzed. The results show that innovative firms are market anticipation and customer focused, aiming at product enrichment in terms of different characteristics in respect to competitors' products in order to obtain a superior product in terms of quality. Innovation results to be part of their business strategy and to be based more on developing new ways of working than new product innovations.
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title	Innovative Characteristics of Small and Medium Enterprises
title_short	Innovative Characteristics of Small and Medium Enterprises
title_full	Innovative Characteristics of Small and Medium Enterprises
title_fullStr	Innovative Characteristics of Small and Medium Enterprises
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publisher	Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y Negocios
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