While innovation is called upon as an answer to the global slump, there isn’t a shared idea about “what innovation and how to be innovative”, especially when it refers to small firms. This paper set the findings of the early stage of a research aimed at highlighting the role of inter-organizational processes supporting innovation and reflecting upon the features that make those processes successful when having cross-sectional nature and involving small-sized firms. The object of the research, cognitive and exploratory in purposes, is the start up process of a cross-sectional cooperative network aimed at product/service innovation. Theoretical background includes contributions on open innovation and learning by interacting processes, directly referred to SMEs.
Small but smart: SMEs networking for innovation
BONTI, MARIACRISTINA;
2011-01-01
Abstract
While innovation is called upon as an answer to the global slump, there isn’t a shared idea about “what innovation and how to be innovative”, especially when it refers to small firms. This paper set the findings of the early stage of a research aimed at highlighting the role of inter-organizational processes supporting innovation and reflecting upon the features that make those processes successful when having cross-sectional nature and involving small-sized firms. The object of the research, cognitive and exploratory in purposes, is the start up process of a cross-sectional cooperative network aimed at product/service innovation. Theoretical background includes contributions on open innovation and learning by interacting processes, directly referred to SMEs.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
