Innovation and Firm Performance

Econometric Explorations of Survey Data

Inbunden, Engelska, 2001

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Beskrivning

The emergence of new firm-level data, including the European Community Innovation Survey (CIS), has led to a surge of studies on innovation and firm behaviour. This book documents progress in four interrelated fields: · investigation of the use of new indicators of innovation output · investigation of determinants of innovative behaviour · the role of spillovers, the public knowledge infrastructure and research and development collaboration · The impact of innovation on firm performance Written by an international group of contributors, the studies are based on agriculture and the manufacturing and service industries in Europe and Canada and provide new insights into the driving forces behind innovation.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2001-12-14
Mått:140 x 216 x 23 mm
Vikt:567 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:327
Upplaga:2002
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9780333961094

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Projektledning inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap

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ALFRED KLEINKNECHT is Professor in the Economics of Innovation at Delft University of Technology. He was previously a senior researcher at the Foundation for Economic Research at the University of Amsterdam and Professor of Industrial Economics and Director of the Economic and Social Institute at the Free University of Amsterdam. PIERRE MOHNEN is Professor of Economics at the Universit? du Qu?bec ? Montr?al and a fellow at the Center for Interuniversity Research and Analysis on Organizations (CIRANO). His main areas of research are the economics of innovation, R&D and productivity. He has published in such journals as the European Economic Review, the Canadian Journal of Economics, the Journal of International Economics, STI Review, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics and Annales d'Economie et de Statistiques.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction; A.Kleinknecht & P.Mohnen PART ONE: COMPARING INNOVATION INDICATORS Towards an Innovation Intensity Index: the Case of CIS-I in Denmark and Ireland; P.Mohnen & M.Dagenais Innovations, Patents and Cash Flow; P.Geroski, J.Van Reenen & C.Walters The Mutual Relation Between Patents and R&D; H.van Ophem, E.Brouwe, A.Kleinknecht & P.Mohnen PART TWO: DETERMINANTS OF INNOVATIVE BEHAVIOUR Innovation and Farm Performance: The Case of Dutch Agriculture; P.Diederen, H.van Meijl & A.Wolters Determinants of Innovative Activity in Canadian Manufacturing Firms; J.Baldwin, P.Hanel & D.Sabourin Differences in Determinants of Product and Process Innovations: the French Case; C.Le Bas & A.Cabagnols Differences in Determinants of Product and Process Innovations: the Spanish Case; E.Martinez-Ros & J.M.Labeaga PART THREE: SPILLOVERS AND R&D COLLABORATION Innovation Without R&D? Public and Private Spillovers in the French Agro-Food Industry; V.Mangematin & N.Mandran The Effect of Spillovers and Government Subsidies on R&D, International R&D Cooperation and Profits: Evidence from France; F.Favre, S.Negassi & E.Pfister The Impact of Spillovers and Knowledge Heterogeneity on Firm Performance: Evidence from Swiss Manufacturing; S.Arvanitis & H.Hollenstein Why do Firms Not Collaborate? The Role of Competencies and Technological Regimes; A;Leiponen PART FOUR: INNOVATION AND EXPORT PERFORMANCE Innovative Capabilities and Export Performance: A Study of Canadian Manufacturing SMEs; E.Lefebvre & L-A.Lefebvre R&D and Export Performance: Taking Account of Simultaneity; A.Kleinknecht & R.Oostendorp