Innovation strategies and performance in small firms
1. Introduction -- 2. The importance of new firms -- 3. Strategies pursued by successful entrants -- 4. The breadth of innovation is successful entrants -- 5. Analysis of new-firm survival -- 6. Innovation : the key to success in small and medium-sized firms -- 7. exit -- 8. Innovator types in small...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cheltenham
E. Elgar
2003
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| Collection: | Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 1. Introduction -- 2. The importance of new firms -- 3. Strategies pursued by successful entrants -- 4. The breadth of innovation is successful entrants -- 5. Analysis of new-firm survival -- 6. Innovation : the key to success in small and medium-sized firms -- 7. exit -- 8. Innovator types in small and medium-sized firms -- 9. The competitive environment and innovation in dynamic service industries -- 10. Do new firms in science-based industries differ from entrants in other industries? -- 11. Strategic capabilities in innovative manufacturing firms : a comparison of small to large firms -- 12. Financing innovation in new small firms -- 13. Lessons John Baldwin and Guy Gellatly find that the strategic decisions young firms make play a critical role in determining their odds for survival and growth. New small firms survive by developing a core set of business skills – skills related inter alia to management, human resources, marketing and financing. Advanced innovation capabilities related to R&D and technology set high-performance firms apart from other businesses. Industry-level differences in product lifecycle, production activity, competitive intensity and the science base all influence the nature of small-firm innovation |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 375 p |
| ISBN: | 9781843763703 9781781009703 1843763702 |