Alessandro  Basile, 
    R&D Networking Model for Support of SME’s Competitiveness,
    International Business Management,
    Volume 6,Issue 4,
    2012,
    Pages 417-425,
    ISSN 1993-5250,
    ibm.2012.417.425,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2012.417.425)
    Abstract: The aim of this study is to provide new evidence on the relationship concerning 
R&D networking and firms competitiveness in a local SME entrepreneurial system. 
Researcher wants to investigate and test the role of R&D linkages on the firm’s 
productivity drivers and innovation processes. Researcher consequently presents 
an empirical evidence exploiting detailed and specific survey-based data on 63 
Italian SME’s. Researcher found that R&D networking (R&D partnerships 
and agreements) has a moderate impact on the SME’s productivity and a strong 
impact on the innovation processes. Finally on the practical implication of this 
moderate finding, researcher presents a R&D Model for support the competitiveness 
of SME’s located in peripheral districts.
    Keywords: firm`s productivity;firms competitiveness;networking;R&D agreements;innovation processes