Government institutional support for fostering SME’s innovation in Western Balkan countries

Abstract

The Western Balkans countries, including Republic North Macedonia, recognized the importance of innovation policy and strategy for the development of SME’s. In this paper, a theoretical and comparative analyses of the policies and infrastructure for fostering innovation has been implemented, with accent on the government institutional support for innovative SME’s as sub-dimension for creating and implementing the innovation policy in Western Balkans countries.