INNOVATIONS IN SMES IN THE SERVICE SECTOR IN ROMANIA BETWEEN 2000 AND 2008 AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS APPLICATION WITH SOME OUTPUTS

Abstract

In the present paper we study how we can measure innovation in SMEs per total and in the sector of services .We present here a study done on the values of the share of turnover of innovative productbusiness with innovations from the total turnover of innovative enterprises by size, class and economic activity expressed in percentage . The values used in the present study are for Romania in the period 2000 and 2008, when were the first registration for these types of data. We study the following cases: products unchanged or partiallychanged, new or significantly improved products, new business and new or significantly improved products, newmarket. Studies are made for total, small and medium SMEs and for the service sector.

Keywords

• innovations
• SME ( small and medium enterprises)
• service
• entrepreneuship