ABSTRACT We assess how both small and large enterprises are crucial for industry development and value creation in a national context strongly dependent on natural resources. Drawing upon recent research, we illuminate how large enterprises, perhaps not surprisingly, have an advantage concerning economies of scales. They also emphasize green R&D investments along with sustainable strategies, and which are less emphasized by small enterprises. Large enterprises are more innovative than small enterprises, but taking into account R&D investments and inter-firm collaboration, small enterprises are genuinely more innovative than large enterprises. Lastly, we emphasize how small enterprises to a stronger degree than large enterprises develop spinoffs in new industries. Indeed, the smaller the enterprise, the more easily it can develop spinoffs in new industries that are cognitively very different from its current industry. Altogether, we conclude that small and large enterprises have complementary features that are crucial for industry development and value creation.

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评估小型和大型企业如何互补以促进行业发展和价值创造

摘要我们评估大型和小型企业对于在高度依赖自然资源的国家背景下的行业发展和价值创造至关重要。借助最近的研究，我们阐明了大型企业在规模经济方面具有优势的现象，也许不足为奇。他们还强调绿色研发投资以及可持续发展战略，而小型企业则较少强调。大型企业比小型企业更具创新性，但是考虑到研发投资和企业间合作，小型企业实际上比大型企业更具创新性。最后，我们强调小企业如何比大企业更强大地发展新产业。确实，企业越小，在认识上与当前行业大不相同的新行业中，它越容易产生衍生品。总之，我们得出的结论是，小型和大型企业具有互补的功能，这些功能对于行业发展和价值创造至关重要。