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This paper aims to review and summarize the theme of technology transfer. Introducing the topic, first of all, the Authors will focus on the peculiarities of Italian small- and medium-sized enterprises. They will begin comparing the productive structure of Italian economy with other countries’; then they will focus on small-sized enterprises and their low innovation and co-operation capabilities. A relevant part of this work will be on the strategic relevance of the technology transfer; finally the authors will describe the role of RIDITT: this acronym stands for Italian Network for Innovation and technology transfer to SMEs.
This paper is the result of a common work, however paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 have to be attributed to Marco Iezzi and paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 to Riccardo Gallo.
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We would like to express our special thank to Marco Calabrò and Giancarlo Fiorito for their suggestions. The views expressed in the article are those of the authors and do not involve the responsibility of the institutions in which they work and, as always, the authors of the work are the only responsible for the content of it.
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Gallo, R., Iezzi, M. (2011). The Peculiarities of SMEs in Europe and Italy: Technology Transfer Policies. In: Calcagnini, G., Favaretto, I. (eds) The Economics of Small Businesses. Contributions to Economics. Physica-Verlag HD. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-2623-4_4
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