Abstract

Framework for understanding innovation diffusion: small enterprise development in developing countries - innovation and acquisition of technological capability?, Hennry Romijn cluster trajectories and the likelihood of endogenous upgrading, Peter Knorringa. Cases of SMEs and innovation: trying to innovate far from international frontiers - case study from the small scale industry sector in India, Joy Clancy competitive response, innovation and creating an innovative milieu, the case of the manufacturing industry in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, Bert Helmsing innovation and small enterprise development, examples from Burkina Faso and Ghana, Meine Pieter van Dijk. Innovation in times of economic crisis: innovation and competitiveness within the small furniture industry in Nicaragua, Davide Parrilli why don't they innovate? Explaining diverse small enterprise adjustment stategies after external shocks, Regine Qualman small firm innovation in the Jepara furniture industry during Indonesia's crisis, Henry Sandee. Mechanisms for innovation diffusion: a service centre approach to local innovative small enterprises - the case of the Spanish Toy Valley cluster, Manuel Albaladejo linkages between small and large firms in the Kenyan food processing sector, Dorothy McCormick and Rosemary Atieno the role of a research and development institute in the development and diffusion of technology, Bert Bongenaar and Eddy Szirmai social capital and technological innovation processes in the South, Arni Sverrisson. Conclusions and recommendations: enterprise co-operation, technology partnerships and S&T policies for the promotion of innovation for SMEs, Meine Pieter van Dijk innovations and small enterprise development in developing countries, some conclusions, Miene Pieter van Dijk and Henry Sandee.

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