Author Archives: insmeblog

– by Abdella Kosa – Designed by Snowing Entrepreneurship provides small businesses with the ability to discover new business opportunities (Omisakin et al. 2016). Individuals decide to discover, evaluate, and exploit these opportunities because of different supportive factors. One of … Continue reading →

– by Dr. Maksim Belitski & Dr. David Audretsch – Photo by Philipp Birmes on Pexels.com Regional economic development and entrepreneurship are driven by the quality of life in modern cities. Understanding what contributes to higher quality of life perception will … Continue reading →

– The China IPR SME Helpdesk –  designed by Jannoon028 – Freepik.com Innovative technology that is used in consumer products can be protected under invention or design patents in China, but this will not offer 100% protection against others illegally … Continue reading →

– Giovanni Zazzerini – Innovation per se doesn’t automatically translate into economic benefits. To profit from innovation firms need to convert it into viable products or services while also having the capacity to protect the innovation against imitators. This is … Continue reading →

– by Dr. Christian Schröder – It is often lamented that small and mid-sized companies show greater deficits in the implemention of Industry 4.0 compared to big companies. We wanted to know if this impression is correct or not: we examined … Continue reading →

– by Héctor O. Pralong, Angel F. Hernaiz, José L. Sebastian – Introduction It is a duty of the Government to encourage horizontal links among institutions that are committed towards creating a structural base for the National System of Innovation (SIN) … Continue reading →

– by Ines Haberl – SMEs are the backbone of Europe’s economy, and substantially contribute to growth and job creation, due to their innovative role and growth potential. About 23 million SMEs are generating € 3.9 trillion in value added … Continue reading →