Innovation Strategies of SMEs in Cyprus, a Small Developing Country
基于塞浦路斯25家中小制造企业的案例研究，提出主动创新者、被动创新者和非创新者三类企业，分析其创新行为和管理实践，揭示经济环境对创新的影响。
DR. ATHANASIOS HADJIMANOLIS IS technical sales manager with D. J. Shukuroglu Ltd., Cyprus, who recently completed his doctoral research under the supervision of Professor Keith Dickson, Deputy Head of the School Business and Management, Brunel University, England. From this research a case study based qualitative analysis of small firms' innovation strategies within the context of a small developing country has been distilled as the basis of this paper. A comparative analysis of 25 case studies of small and medium-sized manufacturing firms in Cyprus is presented with particular reference to their innovative behaviour and management practices. The context for this analysis is Cyprus, a small developing economy, which serves to highlight the influence that particular economic circumstances have on innovative activity. A simple typology of the case firms with three categories (proactive innovator, reactive innovator and non-innovator) is proposed with each category having distinct characteristics and practices related to innovative behaviour.