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Stephen Roper
70 works
· latest 2026
· 3 institutions
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ORCID 0000-0002-9702-8696
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The Scottish innovation system : actors roles and actions
University of Warwick
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2026
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4 authors
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report
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Open access
13
citations
Do Digital Technologies Enable Firms that Prioritize Sustainability Goals to Innovate? Empirical Evidence from Established UK Micro‐businesses
British Journal of Management
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2024
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3 authors
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Open access
34
citations
Innovation and sales growth intentions among the solopreneurs: The role of experience and entrepreneurial self-efficacy
Technological Forecasting and Social Change
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2024
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2 authors
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Open access
22
citations
Innovating into trouble: When innovation leads to customer complaints
Research Policy
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2022
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2 authors
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Open access
16
citations
From adversity to advice: Survival threats as a trigger for sustained engagement with external business support in small firms
International Small Business Journal Researching Entrepreneurship
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2022
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3 authors
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Open access
12
citations
Export status and SME productivity: Learning-to-export versus learning-by-exporting
Journal of Business Research
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2021
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3 authors
80
citations
R&D and innovation after COVID-19: What can we expect? A review of prior research and data trends after the great financial crisis
International Small Business Journal Researching Entrepreneurship
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2020
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1 author
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Open access
161
citations
Small firms and patenting revisited
Small Business Economics
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2020
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3 authors
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Open access
37
citations
Innovation in legal services: The practices that influence ideation and codification activities
Journal of Business Research
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2019
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3 authors
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Open access
26
citations
Knowledge to money: Assessing the business performance effects of publicly-funded R&D grants
Research Policy
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2019
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3 authors
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Open access
114
citations
Does learning from prior collaboration help firms to overcome the ‘two-worlds’ paradox in university-business collaboration?
Research Policy
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2019
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3 authors
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Open access
126
citations
Knowledge context, learning and innovation: an integrating framework
Industry and Innovation
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2017
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2 authors
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Open access
85
citations
Innovation, quality management and learning: Short-term and longer-term effects
Research Policy
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2017
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2 authors
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Open access
138
citations
Exploring market failures in open innovation
International Small Business Journal Researching Entrepreneurship
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2017
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2 authors
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Open access
70
citations
The Ethics of Gamification in a Marketing Context
Journal of Business Ethics
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2017
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2 authors
105
citations
Firms’ knowledge search and local knowledge externalities in innovation performance
Research Policy
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2016
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3 authors
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Open access
287
citations
Taking risks in the face of uncertainty: An exploratory analysis of green innovation
Technological Forecasting and Social Change
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2016
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2 authors
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Open access
240
citations
Absorptive Capacity and Ambidexterity in R&D: Linking Technology Alliance Diversity and Firm Innovation
European Management Review
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2016
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2 authors
72
citations
Unpacking Open Innovation: Absorptive Capacity, Exploratory and Exploitative Openness, and the Growth of Entrepreneurial Biopharmaceutical Firms
Journal of Small Business Management
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2016
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2 authors
102
citations
The roles and effectiveness of design in new product development: A study of Irish manufacturers
Research Policy
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2015
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4 authors
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Open access
92
citations
Experience, age and exporting performance in UK SMEs
International Business Review
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2015
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3 authors
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Open access
274
citations
Knowledge stocks, knowledge flows and innovation: Evidence from matched patents and innovation panel data
Research Policy
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2015
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2 authors
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Open access
217
citations
SME innovation, exporting and growth: A review of existing evidence
International Small Business Journal Researching Entrepreneurship
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2015
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2 authors
753
citations
Joining the dots: Building the evidence base for SME growth policy
International Small Business Journal Researching Entrepreneurship
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2015
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4 authors
104
citations
Openness and Innovation Performance: Are Small Firms Different?
Industry and Innovation
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2014
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3 authors
100
citations
Dynamic complementarities in innovation strategies
Research Policy
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2014
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3 authors
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124
citations
Learning from openness: The dynamics of breadth in external innovation linkages
Strategic Management Journal
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2013
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3 authors
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334
citations
Externalities of openness in innovation
Research Policy
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2013
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3 authors
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Open access
181
citations
Entrepreneurship : a global perspective
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2013
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1 author
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other
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Open access
22
citations
Catalysing open innovation through publicly-funded R&D: A comparison of university and company-based research centres
International Small Business Journal Researching Entrepreneurship
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2012
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2 authors
37
citations
From knowledge to added value: A comparative, panel-data analysis of the innovation value chain in Irish and Swiss manufacturing firms
Research Policy
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2012
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2 authors
98
citations
The Rational Choice Approach to Entrepreneurship
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2012
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2 authors
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chapter
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10
citations
Openness, knowledge, innovation and growth in UK business services
Research Policy
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2011
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3 authors
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Open access
268
citations
Creating innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises: evaluating the short-term effects of the creative credits pilot
Aston Publications Explorer (Aston University)
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2011
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5 authors
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book
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11
citations
Broader or Deeper? Exploring the Most Effective Intervention Profile for Public Small Business Support
Environment and Planning A Economy and Space
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2011
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4 authors
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Open access
69
citations
Gender, borrowing patterns and self-employment: some evidence for England
Small Business Economics
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2010
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3 authors
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Open access
90
citations
Service Innovation, Embeddedness and Business Performance: Evidence from Northern Ireland
Regional Studies
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2010
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3 authors
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Open access
98
citations
Output Additionality of Public Support for Innovation: Evidence for Irish Manufacturing Plants
European Planning Studies
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2009
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2 authors
150
citations
Assessing the Effectiveness of Business Support Services in England
International Small Business Journal Researching Entrepreneurship
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2009
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4 authors
102
citations
Organizing the Innovation Process: Complementarities in Innovation Networking
Industry and Innovation
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2009
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2 authors
70
citations
Perceived Financial Barriers and the Start-up Decision
International Small Business Journal Researching Entrepreneurship
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2009
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2 authors
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218
citations
Knowledge, Capabilities and Manufacturing Innovation: A USA–Europe Comparison
Regional Studies
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2008
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4 authors
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Open access
44
citations
Innovation, ownership and profitability
International Journal of Industrial Organization
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2008
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3 authors
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Open access
128
citations
Organizing innovation: Complementarities between cross-functional teams
Technovation
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2008
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2 authors
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Open access
150
citations
From capability to connectivity—Absorptive capacity and exploratory alliances in biopharmaceutical firms: A US–Europe comparison
Technovation
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2008
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2 authors
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88
citations
Modelling the innovation value chain
Research Policy
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2008
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3 authors
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Open access
667
citations
Boards of directors and gender diversity in UK companies
Gender in Management An International Journal
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2008
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4 authors
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39
citations
Intellectual Property management in publicly funded R&D centres—A comparison of university-based and company-based research centres
Technovation
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2008
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2 authors
41
citations
Service innovation, embeddedness and business performance:UK regional evidence
Aston Publications Explorer (Aston University)
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2008
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3 authors
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book
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5
citations
Innovation persistence: Survey and case-study evidence
Research Policy
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2008
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2 authors
158
citations
Differential Gains from Business Link Support and Advice: A Treatment Effects Approach
Environment and Planning C Government and Policy
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2008
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4 authors
99
citations
The innovation value chain
Aston Publications Explorer (Aston University)
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2006
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3 authors
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book
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733
citations
THE DETERMINANTS OF EXPORT PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FOR MANUFACTURING PLANTS IN IRELAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND
Scottish Journal of Political Economy
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2006
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3 authors
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74
citations
Innovation and regional absorptive capacity: the labour market dimension
The Annals of Regional Science
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2006
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2 authors
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85
citations
Wireless valley, silicon wadi and digital island––Helsinki, Tel Aviv and Dublin and the ICT global production network
Geoforum
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2004
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2 authors
36
citations
The organisation of innovation: collaboration, cooperation and multifunctional groups in UK and German manufacturing
Cambridge Journal of Economics
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2004
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2 authors
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77
citations
An ex ante evaluation framework for the regional benefits of publicly supported R&D projects
Research Policy
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2004
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3 authors
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104
citations
Knowledge Complementarity and Coordination in the Local Supply Chain: Some Empirical Evidence
British Journal of Management
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2003
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2 authors
42
citations
"The Golden Thread of Innovation' and Northern Ireland's Evolving Regional Innovation System
Regional Studies
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2003
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3 authors
85
citations
Innovation and export performance: evidence from the UK and German manufacturing plants
Research Policy
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2002
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2 authors
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Open access
603
citations