Research Areas

Entrepreneurship and SME Development Policy

• Entrepreneurship and support policy for the development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
• Business-friendly environment for SME development
• National and international initiatives supporting SMEs
• Methodology for evaluating entrepreneurship and SME support policies
• Corporate entrepreneurship
• Social entrepreneurship
• Entrepreneurship in marginalised areas

SME Sector Development

• SME sector demography and development determinants
• Business creation and failure of SMEs, including causes of business collapse
• SME internationalisation and globalisation

Innovation and Technology Commercialisation

• Innovation and technology commercialisation
• Financing innovative ventures in SMEs
• Knowledge transfer from science to business
• Academic spin-offs

Knowledge Regions and Innovation Policy

• Innovation in knowledge regions
• Innovation support policy
• Regional innovation strategies
• Regional and sectoral innovation systems, clusters

Regional Development Management

• Regional development management
• Regional benchmarking
• Monitoring and evaluation of regional innovation policies