Title: Technological innovations in Indian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) sector: does firm size matter?
Authors: M.H. Bala Subrahmanya
Addresses: Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India
Abstract: SMEs, irrespective of size, are primarily engaged in |incremental technological innovations| with self efforts. But average innovation expenditure and innovation personnel increased with firm size. There is a positive relationship between innovation expenditure and value of output, and negative relationship between innovation intensity and firm size. Innovation expenditure with labour and capital has a significant influence on the value of output in each of the sub sectors.
Keywords: technological innovation; firm size; SMEs; small and medium-sized enterprises; innovation expenditure; innovation personnel; Karnataka; India; innovation intensity.
International Journal of Innovation and Learning, 2006 Vol.3 No.5, pp.499 - 517
Published online: 24 Jul 2006 *
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