Edited by Heather Fulford

Published by Academic Conferences and Publishing International

Professor  Heather  Fulford  is  the  Academic Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurship  and  Research  Coordinator  for the Department of Management at  Aberdeen  Business  School,  Robert  Gordon University in Scotland.  Her research  interests  include:  innovation  in  SMEs,  enterprise education,  business  start‐up support and resources, and social  enterprise. Heather  delivers  programmes  on  enterprise  and  employability,  and  new venture  creation.  

The papers selected for inclusion in this volume explore some of these issues relating to innovation stimulation and management in SMEs.  The  studies  reported  in  these  papers  provide  starting  points  for  thoughtprovoking discussion and reflection on themes such as innovation and  growth, innovation alliances, open innovation, and resource management  for innovation.  

The papers raise questions about the role innovation plays  in an SME’s ability to be competitive and sustainable, as well as some  broader questions about the contribution of small firm innovation in the  wider growth and development of a nation, including in transition and developing economies.

The research papers have been selected from papers  published first in the refereed proceedings of the European Conference on  Innovation and Entrepreneurship or the proceedings of the International  Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship.   

Edited by Heather Fulford

ISBN: 978-1-910810-40-8

Published September 2015