A Proposal for a Standard With Innovation Management System

7.2 Managerial contributions
Maroun Jneid and Antoine Tannous
This study can be considered as decision support tool to help the deciders in the state or particularly
the entrepreneurs of the third world SME to be aware of their lack of knowledge and to know which
field of training they have to perform in order to succeed in a competitive market and in a tough
economy as the Lebanese one.
8. Conclusion
The purpose of this study is to list the field in which SME entrepreneurs at their early stages have to
complete before entering the market. Meanwhile it is an exploratory study to identify exactly the lack
based on a quantitative assessment.
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