Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Small Manufacturing Firms

In: Social science quarterly, Band 72, Heft 1, S. 149-162

Abstract

Interviews conducted with the chief executives of 123 manufacturing firms are used to examine the process of start-up & innovation in high- & low-technology firms. Findings reveal that both types of firms have founders with previous work experience in similar firms & are embedded in networks of manufacturing firms that buy & sell to each other. However, high-tech firms are more innovative, have more educated founders & staff, & more often secure some kind of government help. 7 Tables, 21 References. Adapted from the source document.