Title: SMEs, government and universities: is there a way to build links? Some responses from a case study in Spain

Authors: Jose Banos Pino, Jorge Coque Coque Martinez, Edmundo Perez Fernandez

Addresses: University of Oviedo, Spain. ' University of Oviedo, Spain. ' University of Oviedo, Spain

Abstract: Spanish public institutions employ a variety of combined strategies to promote technological innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises. This article describes a particular experience with several sectors in a municipality in industrial decline in the North of Spain. The instruments developed have attempted to discover capabilities and difficulties and to foment mutual relations between small enterprises, local government and the university.

Keywords: SMEs; small and medium enterprises; local government; universities; Spain; technological innovation; higher education; academia; local networks.

DOI: 10.1504/JIBED.2004.007838

Journal for International Business and Entrepreneurship Development, 2004 Vol.2 No.1, pp.34 - 40

Published online: 26 Sep 2005 *

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