A Research on Innovation in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: The Case of Kazakhstan

The purpose of this study was to determine key factors that have a major influence on innovative activity of the SME in Kazakhstan. In this paper, statistical analysis of indicators of innovative growth in the Republic of Kazakhstan was conducted. The indicators were compared to those of technologic...

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Published inInternational journal of economics and financial issues Vol. 6; no. 3; pp. 907 - 910
Main Authors Kurmanov, Nurlan, Turekulova, Dametken Dametken, Doskeyeva, Gulashar, Alina, Gulzhan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Mersin EconJournals 01.01.2016
Subjects
Economic growth
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
Industrial development
Industrialized nations
Innovations
innovative activities
International trade
kazakhstan
R&D
Research & development
Research & development expenditures
Small & medium sized enterprises-SME
small and medium-sized enterprises
Statistical data
Technological change
Kazakhstan
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Summary:The purpose of this study was to determine key factors that have a major influence on innovative activity of the SME in Kazakhstan. In this paper, statistical analysis of indicators of innovative growth in the Republic of Kazakhstan was conducted. The indicators were compared to those of technologically advanced countries, in particular to such indices as: the share of innovation-active enterprises, domestic spending on research and development (percentage to GDP), total researchers equivalent per thousand total employments, and amount of researches conducted. As the results of the research, key factors that have a major influence on innovative activity of the SME were determined.
ISSN:2146-4138