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guarantees to their partners that they have the capacity to generate relevant, shared knowledge and induce incremental innovation. Just as the EQUIS system was designed to help prospective students and recruiting companies from one country to identify those institutions in other countries that deliver high quality education for international management, the ICMA system can also be the best guarantee of SMEs, which can be used in their promotion to key partners. In research we conducted in Portuguese SMEs, we have found that the innovative capacity of some SMEs can be recognized. The use of an accreditation system could be seen as a guarantee of innovation capacity and therefore an important reference for their partners, so accreditation can be considered as a tool for organizational development.
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