<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Angelo Dossou-Yovo</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Christian Keen</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">SMEs and the Innovation Management Process:  A multi-level process conceptual framework</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Technology Innovation Management Review</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">innovation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Innovation management</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">innovation process</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">small business</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2021</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">01/2021</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">timreview.ca/article/1414</style></url></web-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Talent First Network</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ottawa</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">11</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">22-33</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The aim of this paper is to propose a conceptual framework to manage the innovation process in small businesses. It is based on research from 11 case studies in the Montreal software industry using contingency and resource dependency theories. This conceptual framework provides a view of the innovation process that differs from the linear approach often used in many studies to investigate innovation in small and medium sized businesses (SMEs). The linear approach considers the process as a set of activities that includes developing from one stage to another, while depending on the previous one. We conceptualize the innovation process in small businesses as an interactive process that involves a set of six subprocesses and several keys points of resources mobilization, which requires interacting with both internal and external business actors. Successful mobilization of innovation resources at all key points determines the success or failure of SMEs' innovation processes.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">York University
Dr. Angelo Dossou-Yovo is Associate Professor in the Department of International Studies at York University (Toronto, Canada) where he teaches Management and Entrepreneurship in the dual degree program in International Studies and Business Administration, a program jointly offered with emLyon Business School (France). His research interests focus on the processes of opportunity recognition, growth and innovation in small and medium sized businesses in the information technology industry as well as innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystems.</style></custom1><custom2><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Laval University
Laval University Christian Keen, PhD is an Assistant Professor at the Département de Management, Université Laval, Canada. Christian has an extensive research and working experience in Europe, Latin America, and North America. Before joining Université Laval, Dr. Keen was Director Graduate Program in Finance at Universidad ORT Uruguay and member of the Department of Marketing &amp;amp; Management at University of Southern Denmark. His professional experience includes being member of several the Board of Directors of private companies and NGOs. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in international entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship, and international business. His research interests are in the areas of international entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship, emerging economies, and rapidly growing firms. Christian is a member of the editorial board of the &lt;em&gt;International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business&lt;/em&gt;, and associated editor of &lt;em&gt;TIM Review &lt;/em&gt;and &lt;em&gt;European Journal of Family Business&lt;/em&gt;. He has presented his research in several international conferences such as AIB, AOM, EIBA, and has also published papers in those areas.</style></custom2><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">22</style></section></record></records></xml>