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43 nd European Regional Science Association Congress "Peripheries, Centres, and Spatial Development in the New Europe" University of Jyväskylä, Finland, August 27 th -30 th 2003 Innovation and Business Performance in Rural and Peripheral Areas of Greece

Alexandra Goudis, Dimitris Skuras, Kyriaki Tsegenidi · 2003

Summary. This study examines innovation patterns in two mountainous Greek regions and their effect on business performance. Surveying 100 manufacturing and service enterprises, the researchers found that product and market innovation varies between the more accessible and remote areas. Business networks, entrepreneurial characteristics, and firm-specific factors drive innovation, which in turn improves business performance. The findings support territorially tailored innovation policies for peripheral rural areas.

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Goudis, A., Skuras, D., & Tsegenidi, K.. (2003). 43 nd European Regional Science Association Congress "Peripheries, Centres, and Spatial Development in the New Europe" University of Jyväskylä, Finland, August 27 th -30 th 2003 Innovation and Business Performance in Rural and Peripheral Areas of Greece. http://www-sre.wu-wien.ac.at/ersa/ersaconfs/ersa03/cdrom/papers/337.pdf

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Countries
Greece
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Europe
Categories
innovation-networks, entrepreneurship, policy
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2026-04-28