International Journal of Management, Accounting and Economy

International Journal of Management, Accounting and Economics

Habibollah Salarzehi, Maryam Rashki, Mino Heydari

Corresponding author:

dr[dot]m[dot]rashki[at]gmail[dot]com

Abstract:

The significant role of small and medium enterprises in the economy of
developing countries has led researchers to search for ways to create
efficiency and advantages for the firms in the process of economic and
industrial development. Thus, new product development has always been
important for managers and business owners. Given the limited funding
for research and development in small and medium businesses, maintaining
a competitive advantage and new product development of the network has
been offered as solutions. Therefore, in this paper, it is tried to
explain cooperation networks and their advantages in new product
development of small and medium firms with a descriptive method and
study the research carried out.

Keywords:

New product development (NPD), SMEs, Cooperation Networks.