Networking to accelerate the pace of SME innovations
Summary. Early innovation by small and medium enterprises builds capabilities that accelerate their future innovation pace. Firms that innovate quickly initially maintain faster innovation rates. Companies that start innovating late can catch up by actively networking to access external resources and capabilities. The study of 203 SMEs shows that networking behavior moderates the relationship between time to first innovation and subsequent innovation speed.
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Hilmersson, F. P., & Hilmersson, M.. (2020). Networking to accelerate the pace of SME innovations. Journal of Innovation & Knowledge. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jik.2020.10.001
Hilmersson, Firouze Pourmand, and Mikael Hilmersson. “Networking to accelerate the pace of SME innovations.” Journal of Innovation & Knowledge, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jik.2020.10.001.
Hilmersson, Firouze Pourmand, and Mikael Hilmersson. 2020. “Networking to accelerate the pace of SME innovations.” Journal of Innovation & Knowledge. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jik.2020.10.001.
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author = {Firouze Pourmand Hilmersson and Mikael Hilmersson},
journal = {Journal of Innovation & Knowledge},
year = {2020},
doi = {10.1016/j.jik.2020.10.001},
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- 10.1016/j.jik.2020.10.001
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- entrepreneurship, innovation-networks, innovation-theory, general-innovation
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- 2026-04-28