The Peculiarities of SMEs in Europe and Italy: Technology Transfer Policies

Riccardo Gallo () and Marco Iezzi ()
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Riccardo Gallo: Università di Roma “Sapienza”
Marco Iezzi: Istituto per la Promozione Industriale

Chapter Chapter 4 in The Economics of Small Businesses, 2011, pp 69-80 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This paper aims to review and summarize the theme of technology transfer. Introducing the topic, first of all, the Authors will focus on the peculiarities of Italian small- and medium-sized enterprises. They will begin comparing the productive structure of Italian economy with other countries’; then they will focus on small-sized enterprises and their low innovation and co-operation capabilities. A relevant part of this work will be on the strategic relevance of the technology transfer; finally the authors will describe the role of RIDITT: this acronym stands for Italian Network for Innovation and technology transfer to SMEs.

Keywords: Technology Transfer; Venture Capital; Innovation Activity; Knowledge Creation; Total Factor Productivity Growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7908-2623-4_4

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