Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/146815 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship [ISSN:] 2192-5372 [Volume:] 2 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Heidelberg [Year:] 2013 [Pages:] 1-16
Publisher: 
Springer, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
To innovate, firms constitute a 'knowledge-capital', defined as a set of information and knowledge produced, acquired and used in the value creation process. In this paper, we focus on small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) and study their ability to develop their own knowledge-capital as well as their role in the formation of larger companies' ones. We show that while the ability of SMEs to build a strong knowledge-capital remains weak (mainly due to fewer resources), SMEs play an important role in the continuous enrichment of larger companies' ones. At the same time, their strength within larger firms' innovation networks largely depends on their ability to develop and reinforce their own knowledge-capital.
Subjects: 
Knowledge-capital
SMEs
Absorptive capacity
Open innovation
Networks
JEL: 
L20
O32
O30
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Document Type: 
Article

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