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392 Int. J. Entrepreneurial Venturing, Vol. 3, No. 4, 2011 Developing innovation support services for small high-growth technology firms in Eastern Finland Jukka Siikonen* Savonia University of Applied Sciences, Opistotie 2, FI-70100 Kuopio, Finland E-mail: jukka.siikonen@kolumbus.fi E-mail: jukka.siikonen@savonia.fi *Corresponding author Tomi Heimonen Small Business Center, School of Economics, Aalto University, Lönnrotinkatu 7, FI-50100 Mikkeli, Finland E-mail: tomi.heimonen@aalto.fi E-mail: tomi.heimonen@skenar.fi Jarkko Pellikka Honeywell Oy, P.O. Box 1627, FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland E-mail: jarkko.pellikka@honeywell.com E-mail: jarkko.pellikka@skenar.fi Abstract: This study examines innovation support service requirements of small, high-growth firms in Eastern Finland. The results show that most rapidly growing firms in the region can be defined as small, knowledge-intensive business service (KIBS) providers. In order to create and commercialise innovation these firms use various innovation support services (most frequently technology-related and internationalisation-related services). The results also show that there is a concrete need for intermediary organisations that help small technology firms to choose appropriate innovation support services and generally act as external strategic partners during the commercialisation of innovation process. Providing convenient access to suitable ‘brokers’ may thus enhance the contributions innovation support services can make to the development of small, high-growth technology firms. Keywords: innovation support services; regional development; high-growth firms; growth entrepreneurship; knowledge-intensive business services; KIBS; Finland. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Siikonen, J., Heimonen, T. and Pellikka, J. (2011) ‘Developing innovation support services for small high-growth technology firms in Eastern Finland’, Int. J. Entrepreneurial Venturing, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp.392–419. Copyright © 2011 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
Developing innovation support services 393 Biographical notes: Jukka Siikonen is a Lecturer at the Savonia University of Applied Sciences and a PhD student at the Department of Business and Management, University of Eastern Finland, Finland. He has also worked as a Management Consultant in Skenar Ltd. His current research focuses on the renewal and innovation activity in small knowledge intensive business service firms (KIBS). He is mostly involved with the nature of professional services and service innovation. Among the papers he has written are issues related to local development and innovation system. Tomi Heimonen is a PhD student in the field of entrepreneurship at School of Economics, Aalto University. His PhD project is focused on the characteristics of high growth SMEs. Currenly, he works as a Project Expert at Small Business Centre, School of Economics, Aalto University and a Partner in Skenar Ltd. Jarkko Pellikka holds a PhD (Econ. and Business Admin.) in Entrepreneurship. He is currently a Project Controls Leader in Honeywell Process Solutions. His research focuses on commercialisation process of innovation in international environment and business development in high technology industries. As a Partner of Skenar Ltd, he also regularly works with private and public organisations to design, develop and manage business models to enhance competitiveness in several industries. His research has been published in journals including International Journal of Technology Transfer and Commercialisation, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management and International Journal of Technoentrepreneurship. 1 Introduction Endogenous growth theories (Bresnahan et al., 2001; Cooke, 2002; Marshall, 1920; Porter, 1998; Storper, 1992) lack both the ability to explain why certain firms operating within a given region grow rapidly, and the ability to predict which firms will grow most rapidly. In attempts to enhance traditional growth theories, entrepreneurship researchers (in particular) have been interested in explaining characteristics of single firms’ performance and hence have analysed symptoms of growth from various firm-based perspectives (see, for examples, Chrisman et al., 1999; Davidsson and Wiklund, 2000; Delmar et al., 2003; Evans, 1987; Gibb and Davies, 1990; Littunen and Virtanen, 2005; 2006; Moreno and Casillas, 2007; Pasanen, 2003; Sandberg and Hofer, 1987; Storey, 1994). Previous studies focused at firm-level have underlined that innovation is one of the most important sources of growth. Therefore, innovation policies in Europe have been strongly targeted to enhance the creation and exploitation of innovation, particularly in the small firms that are perceived as being important sources of innovation (e.g., Blakely, 1994; Bridge et al., 1998; Malecki, 1997). At the same time, many small, growth-oriented firms have become increasingly dependent on external knowledge sources due to their incapability to generate all the knowledge required for the creation and commercialisation of innovation (Cormican and O’Sullivan, 2004; Pellikka and Lauronen, 2007). However, previous studies have reported that regional innovation support services have failed to meet these requirements (see e.g., Kaufmann and Tödtling 2002; Pellikka and Virtanen, 2009; Pellikka, 2008). Therefore, it is essential to develop innovation support services that are specifically targeted to support small technology
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