Title: Innovation strategy, high-tech SMEs, and innovation ecosystems: a theoretical essay

Authors: Marcos Ferasso; Andrzej Sztando

Addresses: Economics and Business Sciences Department, Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa, R. de Santa Marta, 56, Coração de Jesus, 1169-023, Lisboa, Portugal ' Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, Komandorska 118/120, 53-345 Wrocław, Poland

Abstract: How high-tech SMEs use innovations as strategic factors in a multilevel context of an innovation ecosystem? Driven by this research question this theoretical essay aimed to establish theoretical relations among innovations, strategy, high-tech SMEs, and innovation ecosystems. We concluded that the reduction of uncertainties of high-tech industries and SMEs can be achieved through the resources exploitation and attraction from a multilevel perspective of innovation, the innovation ecosystem. We developed propositions that inter-relate the themes and identified gaps on the use of innovations as strategy factors by high-tech SMES in an innovation ecosystem metaphor. Future quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods researches are recommended.

Keywords: innovation; technology; strategy; high-tech SMEs; innovation ecosystem.

DOI: 10.1504/IJENM.2022.127620

International Journal of Enterprise Network Management, 2022 Vol.13 No.4, pp.380 - 403

Accepted: 04 Jul 2021
Published online: 13 Dec 2022 *

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