TY - JOUR AU - Butryumova, Nadezhda AU - Karpycheva, Svetlana AU - Grisheva, Khristina AU - Kasyanova, Elena PY - 2015/12/15 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Obstacles to Small Innovative Companies’ Development: Case Study of Nizhny Novgorod Region JF - Journal of Technology Management & Innovation JA - J.Technol. Manag. Innov. VL - 10 IS - 4 SE - Case Studies DO - 10.4067/S0718-27242015000400008 UR - https://www.jotmi.org/index.php/GT/article/view/1779 SP - 74-84 AB - The article presents the survey results of obstacles to small innovative companies as a case study of Nizhny Novgorod region of Russia as an area with high innovative potential and great level of socio-economic indicators. Based on the semi-structural personal interviews with 19 experts - the management of support infrastructure, results shows some typical for this region impediments: bureaucracy; lack of trust, poor collaboration within the innovation system; poor information support; legislative obstacles to innovations and intellectual property protection; low interest of large companies in collaboration with small ones. The findings and recommendations can help policy-makers to meet the needs of small innovative companies, and increase the innovative activity of small firms through the improvement of the assistance programs. ER -