Preface

Looking at the economic growth of developed countries in the 20th century, we can draw a conclusion that without innovation, there will be no economic development, no social progress, and it is impossible to improve the survival and development ability of enterprises. Today’s top 500 companies almost all rely on enterprise innovation to grow up gradually. With the development of science and technology and the arrival of the new economic era, enterprise innovation has changed from passivity and contingency to initiative and inevitability. Human beings have never been so devoted to the pursuit of innovation, and enterprises are more aware that innovation has become the soul that determines the survival and development of enterprises. What’s more, medium-sized and small enterprises are not only an important and active force in economic development, but also an important source of power for economic growth with their vigorous innovation activities. Therefore, it is more important to study the innovation of medium-sized and small enterprises for promoting the healthy development of medium-sized and small enterprises in China.
     The development of enterprise innovation theory is a gradual process. In different development periods and different economic development stages, the innovation methods are often different. Therefore, this book analyzes the theory of enterprise innovation and its background and historical conditions, and puts forward the future development trend of enterprise innovation in the new economic situation.
    Modern enterprise innovation practice shows that enterprise innovation is not a single technological innovation, but a comprehensive system engineering. Therefore, this book introduces the technological innovation, product innovation, market innovation, service innovation, organization innovation, management innovation and culture innovation of enterprises, and tries to summarize the rules from them, so as to provide innovation programs for small and medium-sized enterprises.
    In the process of innovation, in addition to relying on market regulation, enterprises also need the government to provide necessary guidance and support. This book introduces the role of government in enterprise innovation and the principles, contents and methods of providing support. 

Because it is relatively late for China to attach importance to small and medium-sized enterprises, and lags far behind the developed countries in the construction of innovation system, and now faces the challenge of new economy, how to realize and control the innovation of small and medium-sized enterprises in our country has become the primary problem. This book introduces the current situation and existing problems of innovation of small and medium-sized enterprises in China, and explores the ways of innovation of small and medium-sized enterprises in China.
    In the process of planning and compiling this book, we have referred to a large number of domestic and foreign documents and materials, from which we can get inspiration; at the same time, we have also received the support and help from leaders, colleagues, friends and students. We would like to express our heartfelt thanks to you! Due to the rapid development of network information security technology, there are still some unsatisfactory aspects in the selection and compilation of this book. In addition, due to the limited knowledge level and time of the editor, there are inevitably shortcomings and errors in the book. We hope that the experts and readers of the same trade can correct it so as to further improve it.

前 言

纵观 20 世纪世界各发达国家的经济增长， 可以得出这样一个结论， 即没有创新就没有经济发展，就没有社会进步，就不可能提高企业的生存与发展能力。当今世界 500 强的大企业，几乎都是依靠企业创新从小企业逐渐成长起来的。随着科学技术的发展和新经济时代的到来， 企业创新已由过去的被动性、 偶然性走向了主动性、必然性。人类从来没有像今天这样致力于追求创新，企业也从来没有像现在这样认识到创新已成为决定企业生存与发展的灵魂。更值得一提的是，中小企业不仅是经济发展的一只重要而活跃的力量，而且以其富有生机的创新活动，为经济增长提供了重要的动力源泉。因此，深入研究中小企业创新问题对于促进我国中小企业健康发展更具有重要的现实意义。
       企业创新理论的发展是一个渐进的过程，在不同的发展时期、经济不同的发展阶段，往往采取的创新方法也不同，因此，分析了企业创新理论及其产生的背景和历史条件，并提出在新的经济形势下，企业创新的未来发展趋势。

现代企业创新实践表明，企业创新已经不是单一的技术创新，而是一项综合的系统工程。所以，介绍了企业的技术创新、产品创新、市场创新、服务创新、组织创新、管理创新和企业文化创新等有关内容，力求从中总结出规律，为中小企业提供创新方案。
       企业在创新的过程中，除了依靠市场的调节之外，还需要政府提供必要的引导和支持。介绍了政府在企业创新中的作用以及提供支持的原则、内容和方法。

 由于我国重视中小企业工作比较晚，尤其是在创新体系建设上还远落后于发达国家，当今时代又面临着人世的新经济的挑战，我国中小企业如何实现并驾驭企业创新已成为首要问题。介绍了我国中小企业创新的现状及存在的问题，探索我国中小企业创新的途径。
       在本书的策划和编写过程中，曾参阅了国内外有关的大量文献和资料，从其中得到启示；同时也得到了有关领导、同事、朋友及学生的大力支持与帮助。在此致以衷心的感谢!由于网络信息安全的技术发展非常快， 本书的选材和编写还有一些不尽如人意的地方，加上编者学识水平和时间所限，书中难免存在缺点和谬误，敬请同行专家及读者指正，以便进一步完善提高。