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121	Cleantech SMEs’ Expectations and Perceptions of an Established Community-based Intermediary Moving into their Sector Dahiya, Sushil January 2013 (has links) Innovation intermediaries provide a range of services to assist firms during the process of innovation. How SMEs perceive innovation intermediaries is an area of investigation that would provide important information on how innovation intermediaries’ assist small and medium enterprises (SMEs). This study focuses on the cleantech industry and explores SMEs’ expectations and perceptions of an established community-based intermediary (CBI) moving into their sector. A qualitative research methodology was adopted to collect data from 15 sample SMEs. In regards to SMEs, the findings show that cleantech companies face financing, partnerships, marketing, sales, regulatory and bureaucratic challenges. In regards to innovation intermediaries, the findings showcase how CBI, a regional intermediary, is not effective in supporting cleantech SMEs with their sector specific needs or challenges. commercialization challenges innovation challenges innovation intermediaries innovation intermediary innovative SMEs Canadian SMEs clean energy clean energy challenges cleantech cleantech challenges cleantech companies cleantech industry cleantech intermediaries cleantech sector cleantech intermediary Cleantech SME Cleantech SMEs commercialization economic development organization innovation intermediaries intermediary intermediary challenges intermediaries' challenges non-profit nonprofit regional intermediaries regional intermediary SME SMEs SME challenges SMEs' challenges clean technology clean technology industry clean technology sector clean technology challenges clean energy industry clean energy sector

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Cleantech SMEs’ Expectations and Perceptions of an Established Community-based Intermediary Moving into their Sector