TY  - JOUR
T1  - R&D Networking Model for Support of SME’s Competitiveness
AU - Basile, Alessandro 
JO  - International Business Management
VL  - 6
IS  - 4
SP  - 417
EP  - 425
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1993-5250
DO  - ibm.2012.417.425
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2012.417.425
KW  - firm`s productivity
KW  -firms competitiveness
KW  -networking
KW  -R&D agreements
KW  -innovation processes
AB  - 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.
ER  -