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The study examined the technological innovation sources, the relevance of these sources as well as institutional supports and their significance to the innovativeness of small and medium manufacturing enterprises (SMEs) in Southwestern Nigeria. The data for the study were collected through questionnaire and interview schedule from a sample of 100 manufacturing SMEs. The results reveal that the key information sources for innovation among these companies are customers; suppliers of equipment and machinery; seminars, training and conferences; market research and business associations. None of the external inputs that the companies needed for internal learning and innovation come from government agencies. The results suggest the urgent need for enterprise-oriented technology transfer from public funded R&D institutions to link the science and technology system with small and medium enterprises production units. Similarly, the SMEs associations should be strengthened to provide opportunities for their members to continuously learn about new technology developments and opportunities to enhance the competitiveness of enterprises in the sector.

Tao (2017) A novel index for the study of synergistic effects during the co-processing of coal and biomass. Applied Energy, 188 . pp. 215-225. ISSN 0306-2619 Access from the University of Nottingham repository: http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40535/1/A%20novel%20index%20for%20the%20study%20of %20synergistic%20effects%20during%20the%20co-processing%201%20of%20coal%20and %20biomass.pdf Copyright and reuse:The Nottingham ePrints service makes this work by researchers of the University of Nottingham available open access under the following conditions. This article is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives licence and may be reused according to the conditions of the licence. For more details see: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ A note on versions:The version presented here may differ from the published version or from the version of record. If you wish to cite this item you are advised to consult the publisher's version. Please see the repository url above for details on accessing the published version and note that access may require a subscription. In this study, synergistic interaction between coal and biomass and its intensity was for co-firing at coal-fired power stations, which intend to improve combustion performance 28 of poor quality coal by enhancing synergistic interactions during co-processing.29

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