Enhancing Innovative Capabilities of Chinese SMEs

摘要：

Small and medium sized enterprises are seen as drivers of growth and sustainability for Chinese economy by creating jobs and producing innovative products.However,due to the increasing number of large size corporations and MNCs with advantages of advanced knowledge and technology,capital and expertise; it has become difficult for SMEs to survive and sustain in an environment of hyper competition.This paper tries to highlight the importance of SMEs for Chinas economic growth and points out the challenges being faced by them in competing with large size domestic enterprises and MNCs.Furthermore,propositions have been made for SMEs to deliver products continuously with short life cycles based on effective innovation.

关键词： Competitiveness Innovation Technological innovation Small and medium sized enterprises

作者: Nelly Pamela Raja Irfan Sabir

作者单位: School of Management,Wuhan University of Technology,Wuhan,P.R.China,430070

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 第三届产品创新管理国际会议(The 3rd International Conference on Product Innovation Management)

会议地点: 武汉

会议语种:英文

在线出版日期: 2008-10-26（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）