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Innovative capability and behaviour of firms are crucial for their survival in the market and, from a macro-economic perspective, important factors of economic development and employment. As small firms tend to have certain size-related disadvantages, public policies of various kinds are designed to assist especially small firms to successfully innovate. In the past, R&D and the use of new technologies were seen as central to innovation, therefore most of these programs aimed at the strengthening of the R&D function (primarily through tax credits and research grants) and at enhancing the use of new technologies. The measurement of innovation consequently concentrated on R&D personnel and outlays, on patent data, and on the rate by which new technologies, especially information technologies, were adopted and used.
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Schuetze, H.G. (1998). How do Small Firms Innovate in British Columbia?. In: de La Mothe, J., Paquet, G. (eds) Local and Regional Systems of Innovation. Economics of Science, Technology and Innovation, vol 14. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5551-3_10
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