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A recent analysis demonstrates that a huge undeveloped innovation potential exists in many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Denmark [1]. The SMEs do not, in many cases, have the necessary knowledge capacity in-house, and they lack the knowledge about how to initiate and maintain innovation linkages externally. Furthermore, many SMEs do not focus enough on the long-term and strategic development perspective because the short-term tasks often occupy the management full-time, especially given the current financial situation [1]. Thus, they appear differently in very small (<10) and larger (>10) companies, as shown in this paper / presentation. This presentation represents the author’s findings regarding whether company size is important for accepting a knowledge transfer project in situations where offered funding requires certain participation from the SME.
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Danish Agency for Science Technology and Innovation (DASTI). Innovation Agents: New roads to innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises. The Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation. Copenhagen, Denmark (2009)
Hallgren, E.W.: Employee-driven innovation: A case of implementing high-involvement innovation. Academic dissertation. Ph.D. thesis (2009) ISBN: 978-87-90855-16-1
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Hallgren, E.W. (2013). The Use of Accompanying Funding Offers When Starting Knowledge Transfer Projects: The Case of National Innovation Agents in Denmark. In: Howlett, R., Gabrys, B., Musial-Gabrys, K., Roach, J. (eds) Innovation through Knowledge Transfer 2012. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 18. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34219-6_10
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