Talking about Strategy and Innovation Lessons from a Strategy Development Program for Dutch SMEs

摘要：

Policy measures to support innovation in SMEs are considered to be important for ( regional) economic development. In this paper the focus lies on a policy intervention program in 14 Dutch SMEs that was redesigned to meet the needs of the firms. The paper reports about the outcomes and process underlying the intervention project that aimed to improve upon innovation in SMEs. Two main conclusions are drawn. First, regional innovation policy should change from a supply-driven towards a demand-driven and firm-centered view. Second, levering the innovation capacity of SMEs requires an approach that includes a review of the firm strategy and that relies upon organization development methodologies to work towards the needed changes.

关键词： Policy Intervention Program Innovation SMEs

作者: Raf Sluismans Friso den Hertog Tinne Lommelen Paul Kunst

作者单位: UNU-MERIT/KIZOK Joint research group,University Maastricht,The Netherlands

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship 2008(创新与创业国际学术会议)

会议地点: 北京

会议语种:英文

页码: 268-273

在线出版日期: 2008-03-01（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）