Small Firm Innovative Success: External Resources and Barriers

摘要

The objective of this study is to investigate the factors that contribute tosmall business innovative success. The study explores the spatial pattern of innovation by analyzing the distribution of innovation among metropolitan areas and attempts to determine the most innovative cities. The study also includes case studies of changes in innovation in three metropolitan areas--Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and the Baltimore-Washington area. The primary factors that determine a firm's location--especially the latter which provides access to external resources. Based on innovations per capita--the most innovative metropolitan