Small and medium-sized enterprises are the main body in the national dual-creation strategy, as the backbone of the social innovation. The healthy development of small and medium-sized enterprises plays a key role in following the "Innovation driven development strategy" of China. In fact, in the start-up stage, most of small and medium-sized enterprises lack a clear understanding of the whole innovation and entrepreneurship process, and also lack an understanding of the dependence of the resources and the environment factors on their innovation and entrepreneurship. To solve these problem, this paper reviews the whole process of the innovation and entrepreneurship of Danish Small and medium-sized enterprises, and outlines our understanding on the innovation. Furthermore, a process model is presented, to be used to educate students with a global view on innovation and entrepreneurship of a small and medium-sized enterprises.

innovation  /  entrepreneurship  /  SMEs  /  design process