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Infographic: How Small and Medium-Sized Businesses Fuel Innovation

Learn about the ways that small and medium-sized businesses are at the forefront of business innovation.

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By Mgmt. DesignDec 11, 2011
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To highlight some of the ways small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) contribute to market innovation, IBM and GOOD teamed up to produce this co-sponsored infographic that looks at recent findings published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, an international think tank. The research study outlined the many ways that SMEs may be small in size, but are often able to raise the bar for innovation.

A collaboration between GOOD and MGMT. design, in partnership with IBM

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