Promoting cooperation in innovation ecosystems: evidence from European traditional manufacturing SMEs

Dragana Radičić, Geoff Pugh, David Douglas · 2018 · Small Business Economics

Summary. Public innovation support programmes in European traditional manufacturing SMEs do not encourage cooperation with competitors, but marginally increase cooperation with customers and suppliers, and strongly boost cooperation with knowledge providers. The research shows that policy works within existing innovation ecosystems rather than creating new ones. Support programmes help SMEs extend their networks by connecting them with both private and public sector knowledge providers.

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  title   = {Promoting cooperation in innovation ecosystems: evidence from European traditional manufacturing SMEs},
  author  = {Dragana Radičić and Geoff Pugh and David Douglas},
  journal = {Small Business Economics},
  year    = {2018},
  doi     = {10.1007/s11187-018-0088-3},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-018-0088-3}
}

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DOI

10.1007/s11187-018-0088-3

Countries

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Poland, United Kingdom

Regions

Europe

Categories

policy, regional-innovation-systems, innovation-networks, general-innovation

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2026-04-28