The Use of Accompanying Funding Offers When Starting Knowledge Transfer Projects: The Case of National Innovation Agents in Denmark

Abstract

A recent analysis demonstrates that a huge undeveloped innovation potential exists in many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Denmark [1]. The SMEs do not, in many cases, have the necessary knowledge capacity in-house, and they lack the knowledge about how to initiate and maintain innovation linkages externally. Furthermore, many SMEs do not focus enough on the long-term and strategic development perspective because the short-term tasks often occupy the management full-time, especially given the current financial situation [1]. Thus, they appear differently in very small (<10) and larger (>10) companies, as shown in this paper / presentation. This presentation represents the author’s findings regarding whether company size is important for accepting a knowledge transfer project in situations where offered funding requires certain participation from the SME.