Improvement of cooperation among SMEs and other stakeholders as means of fostering innovation

Magdalena, Olczyk and Marzena, Starnawska and Izabela, Richter (2011): Improvement of cooperation among SMEs and other stakeholders as means of fostering innovation. Published in: Bildungspolitische Strategien heute und morgen rund um das Mare Balticum , Vol. ISBN 9, (2011): pp. 103-121.

Abstract

In the article the authors present the factors that foster cooperation among SMEs and other market actors. Also, an attempt was made to present how these market actors work together. In addition, analysis of the impact of cooperation on innovation in business has been done

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: innovation, SME, cooperation
• Subjects: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Innovation ; Research and Development ; Technological Change ; Intellectual Property Rights > O31 - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives; D - Microeconomics > D0 - General > D01 - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles

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