Obstacles to Small Innovative Companies' Development: Case Study of Nizhny Novgorod Region

The article presents the survey results of obstacles to small innovative companies as a case study of Nizhny Novgorod region of Russia as an area with high innovative potential and great level of socio-economic indicators. Based on the semi-structural personal interviews with 19 experts - the manage...

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Auteurs principaux: Butryumova,Nadezhda, Karpycheva,Svetlana, Grisheva,Khristina, Kasyanova,Elena
Langue:English
Publié: Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y Negocios 2015
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Accès en ligne:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-27242015000400008
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Résumé:The article presents the survey results of obstacles to small innovative companies as a case study of Nizhny Novgorod region of Russia as an area with high innovative potential and great level of socio-economic indicators. Based on the semi-structural personal interviews with 19 experts - the management of support infrastructure, results shows some typical for this region impediments: bureaucracy; lack of trust, poor collaboration within the innovation system; poor information support; legislative obstacles to innovations and intellectual property protection; low interest of large companies in collaboration with small ones. The findings and recommendations can help policy-makers to meet the needs of small innovative companies, and increase the innovative activity of small firms through the improvement of the assistance programs.