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From knowledge to added value : a comparative, panel-data analysis of the innovation value chain in Irish and Swiss manufacturing firms
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Roper, Stephen and Arvanitis, Spyros (2012) From knowledge to added value : a comparative, panel-data analysis of the innovation value chain in Irish and Swiss manufacturing firms. Research Policy, Vol.41 (No.6). pp. 1093-1106. doi:10.1016/j.respol.2012.03.002
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2012.03.002
Abstract
The innovation value chain (IVC) divides the innovation process into three separate links or activities: knowledge gathering, knowledge transformation and knowledge exploitation. Here, we report a comparative panel data analysis of the IVC in Ireland and Switzerland. Both economies are small, very open and depend significantly on innovation to maintain competitive advantage. In recent years, however, R&D and innovation growth in Ireland has been markedly stronger than that in Switzerland. We investigate these differences through the 'lens' of the IVC. Significant similarities exist between some aspects of firms' innovation behaviour in each country: strong complementarities emerge between external knowledge sources and between firms' internal and external knowledge. And, in both countries, in-house R&D and links to customers prove important drivers of innovation. Innovation drives productivity growth in different ways in the two countries, however, through product change in Switzerland and through process change in Ireland. Other differences in the determinants of innovation performance linked to ownership and firms' institutional context emphasise the systemic nature of innovation and the legacy of past patterns of industrial development. © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Centre for Small & Medium-Sized Enterprises Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | Research Policy | ||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier BV | ||||
| ISSN: | 0048-7333 | ||||
| Official Date: | July 2012 | ||||
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| Volume: | Vol.41 | ||||
| Number: | No.6 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1093-1106 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.respol.2012.03.002 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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