Firm size and innovation |
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Authors: | Alfred Kleinknecht |
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Institution: | (1) SEO (Foundation for Economic Research), University of Amsterdam, Jodenbreestraat 23, 1011 NH Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | In an innovation survey in the Netherlands, we find considerably more SMEs which perform small scale R&D than are found in the official R&D surveys. Nonetheless, SMEs appear on average to be somewhat less R&D intensive than large firms. Only when we restrict our observations to firms which perform some R&D, there is no systematic relationship between size and R&D. Among the barriers to innovation the following are particularly important to SMEs: information deficits with respect to instruments of innovation policy; a lack of capital; a lack of management qualifications; problems in finding adequate technical information, and problems in finding qualified employees. |
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