THE ROLE OF THE APPROPRIABILITY MECHANISMS FOR THE INNOVATIVE SUCCESS OF PORTUGUESE SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

This study investigates the role of formal and informal appropriability mechanisms to appropriate revenues from innovation in several sectors. This relationship depends on factors such as sector, type of product or service, firm’s characteristics, etc. The set of appropriability mechanisms used by a firm depends on their availability and on the firm’s appropriability strategy. An empirical test using a sample of 2,122 Portuguese SMEs from four...