TY - CHAP

T1 - Global innovation

T2 - An answer to mitigate barriers to innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises?

AU - Buse, Stephan

AU - Tiwari, Rajnish

AU - Herstatt, Cornelius

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2019 by World Scientific Publishing Europe Ltd.

PY - 2019/3/22

Y1 - 2019/3/22

N2 - Innovations have acquired a key role in the growth and competition strategies of firms today. They are regarded as an essential tool for stimulating growth and enabling firms to master the competition brought about by the forces of globalization. However, in particular, many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Western countries are facing insurmountable barriers to innovation. To what extent might the concept of global innovation and, more specifically, the internationalization of research and development (R & D) be an answer to deal with these problems, is discussed in this paper. Based on empirical studies conducted by the authors in Germany, the paper presents results from researchin- progress and proposes a reference model for chances and challenges of global innovation activities.(Originally published in International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management, 7(3), pp. 215–227.)

AB - Innovations have acquired a key role in the growth and competition strategies of firms today. They are regarded as an essential tool for stimulating growth and enabling firms to master the competition brought about by the forces of globalization. However, in particular, many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Western countries are facing insurmountable barriers to innovation. To what extent might the concept of global innovation and, more specifically, the internationalization of research and development (R & D) be an answer to deal with these problems, is discussed in this paper. Based on empirical studies conducted by the authors in Germany, the paper presents results from researchin- progress and proposes a reference model for chances and challenges of global innovation activities.(Originally published in International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management, 7(3), pp. 215–227.)

KW - Global innovation

KW - Internationalization of R & D

KW - SMEs

KW - Management studies

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85068199805&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1142/9781786346551_0009

DO - 10.1142/9781786346551_0009

M3 - Chapter

AN - SCOPUS:85068199805

SN - 9781786346568

SP - 241

EP - 256

BT - Managing Innovation

PB - World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd

ER -