Introduction: Small Business and Networked Innovation: Organizational and Managerial Challenges

Abstract

The aim of this article is to provide an introduction to the special issue. We briefly consider the organizational and managerial challenges that small and medium‐sized enterprises encounter in networked innovation, thereby building a background to the articles included in the special issue. We then present the main findings of these articles and highlight their novel contributions.

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Notes on contributors

Massimo G. Colombo

Massimo G. Colombo is professor of Economics of Technical Change at the Department of Management, Economics, and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.

Keld Laursen

Keld Laursen is professor of Economics and Management of Innovation at the Department of Innovation and Organizational Economics, Copenhagen Business School.

Mats Magnusson

Mats Magnusson is professor of Product Innovation Engineering at the School of Industrial Engineering and Management, KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Cristina Rossi‐lamastra

Cristina Rossi‐Lamastra is assistant professor at the Department of Management, Economics, and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.