Innovation, a strategy that leads to competitiveness in SMES

Autores

  • Ana Sílvia Cordeiro University of Minho
  • Filipa Marina Dionisio Vieira Universidade do Minho (UMinho)

Palavras-chave:

Competitiveness, EU strategy, Innovation, Barriers to innovation, SMEs.

Resumo

This study took place in Portugal and focuses on the importance of the innovative attitude towards the sustainability of companies. The aim is to define how Research, Development & Innovation (RDI) must to be followed by companies to attain competitiveness, which will allow them to remain and survive in the market. Once confirmed this belief it becomes interesting to acknowledge why innovation does not occur and what kind of barriers to innovation face the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) studied. Additionally is analysed the existence of similarities in the barriers observed in Portugal with studies carried out in other countries. 

10.13084/2175-8018.v04n08a10

Biografia do Autor

Ana Sílvia Cordeiro, University of Minho

Master in Industrial Engineering

Ph.D. Student in Production and Systems Engineering

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Publicado

2012-12-31

Como Citar

Cordeiro, A. S., & Dionisio Vieira, F. M. (2012). Innovation, a strategy that leads to competitiveness in SMES. beroamerican ournal of ndustrial ngineering, 4(8), 146–162. ecuperado de https://incubadora.periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/IJIE/article/view/1584