Battisti, Giuliana and Stoneman, Paul. (2010) How innovative are UK firms? Evidence from the Fourth UK Community Innovation Survey on synergies between technological and organizational innovations. British Journal of Management, Vol.21 (No.1). pp. 187-206. ISSN 1045-3172

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Abstract

Using data from the Fourth UK Community Innovation Survey this paper explores the diffusion of a range of innovative activities (encompassing process, product, machinery, marketing, organization, management and strategic innovations) across 16,383 British companies in 2004. Building upon a simple theoretical model it is shown that the use of each innovation is correlated with the use of all other innovations. It is shown that the range of innovations can be summarized by two multi-innovation factors, labelled here `organizational' and `technological', that are complements but not substitutes for each other. Three clusters of firms are identified where intensity of use of the two sets of innovations is below average (56.9% of the sample); intermediate but above average (23.7%); and highly above average (19.4%). Distinctive characteristics are found to be common to the companies in each cluster. Finally, it is shown that innovativeness tends to persist over time.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	UK Community Innovation Survey, Technological innovations -- Great Britain, Organizational change -- Great Britain, Synergetics, Organizational learning -- Great Britain
Journal or Publication Title:	British Journal of Management
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
ISSN:	1045-3172
Date:	March 2010
Volume:	Vol.21
Number:	No.1
Page Range:	pp. 187-206
Identification Number:	10.1111/j.1467-8551.2009.00629.x
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Funder:	Great Britain. Dept. of Trade and Industry (DTI)
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