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In this study, a rich data survey of 3,500 Greek SMEs is used at the peak of the sovereign debt economic crisis of the year 2012 in order to explore if and how ICT and innovation efforts of SMEs influence their growth performance in a time of crisis. In this study, the effects on firm growth of employee risk taking, firm size, and age are also analyzed. The moderating role of firm location in the relation between ICT/innovation efforts and SME growth is also examined in the context of the externalities that the knowledge spillovers may create for firms located in metropolitan areas.本研究依托2012年主权债务经济危机顶峰阶段采集的、涵盖3500家希腊中小企业（Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, SMEs）的详实调研数据集，旨在探究中小企业的信息与通信技术（Information and Communications Technology, ICT）投入及创新举措，是否以及如何在危机时期影响其成长绩效。本研究同时分析了员工风险承担水平、企业规模与企业年龄对企业成长的影响效应。此外，本研究还结合知识溢出对大都市区内企业可能产生的外部性这一研究背景，检验了企业区位在信息与通信技术投入、创新举措与中小企业成长之间的关系中的调节效应。