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Innovation and Creativity in SMEs

Author Berangere L. Szostak , Claudine Gay
Release Date: 2019/09/01
ISBN: 9781786303172
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Book Description

In order to survive in their market and differentiate themselves from the competition, small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which represent more than 90% of companies worldwide, need to be creative and innovative.

This book presents a conceptual framework for thinking about innovation and creativity in SMEs. It takes into account their strategic relation to their environment and the economic, technological and social changes that they face. Their ability to enhance their creativity with new ideas and to legitimize them during their implementation is also taken into account

Table of Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Foreword by Wim Vanhaverbeke
  3. Foreword by Gaëtan de Sainte Marie
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. Introduction
  6. 1 External Environment of an SME: From Determinism to Strategic Innovation
    1. 1.1. Introduction
    2. 1.2. The classic approach of the firm’s environment: a deterministic relationship (also) affecting the SME
    3. 1.3. From strategic intent to RBV: what level of emancipation is there from environmental constraint for SMEs?
    4. 1.4. The SME in a hypercompetitive environment: from emancipation to environmental transformation
    5. 1.5. Conclusion
    6. 1.6. Appendix: from the French province of Drôme to London, becoming an entrepreneur by using cultural resources
  7. 2 Stimulating the Innovative Capabilities of SMEs in an Ever-Changing World
    1. 2.1. Introduction
    2. 2.2. An understanding of current mutations
    3. 2.3. Evolving in a changing world: how can we boost the innovative capacities of SMEs?
    4. 2.4. Conclusion
    5. 2.5. Appendices
  8. 3 Innovation and Creative Slack in SMEs
    1. 3.1. Introduction
    2. 3.2. An SME’s internal components as a source of new ideas
    3. 3.3. The SME environment as a source of new ideas
    4. 3.4. Conclusion
    5. 3.5. Appendices
  9. 4 Innovation and Social Construction of a New Idea in SMEs
    1. 4.1. Introduction
    2. 4.2. The social construction of a new idea in SMEs through rhetoric
    3. 4.3. “Making” the social construction of a new idea in SMEs
    4. 4.4. Conclusion
    5. 4.5. Appendices
  10. Conclusion
  11. References
  12. Index
  13. End User License Agreement