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The organisation of innovation : collaboration, co-operation and multifunctional groups in UK and German manufacturing
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Love, James H. and Roper, Stephen (2004) The organisation of innovation : collaboration, co-operation and multifunctional groups in UK and German manufacturing. Cambridge Journal of Economics, Volume 28 (Number 3). pp. 379-395.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cje/beh012
Abstract
Marked differences exist between the institutional and social context for innovation in the UK and Germany. The question addressed here is how these different contexts affect the objectives and organisation of innovation in UK and German manufacturing. In particular, the paper examines the extent to which UK and German plants engage in inter-plant collaboration and cooperation and multifunctional working as part of their innovative activity, and explores the reasons for differences in these patterns of involvement. The investigation is based on a large-scale, comparative survey of manufacturing plants in the two countries. In Germany, institutional and social norms are found to encourage collaborative inter-plant innovation, but aspects of the German skills training and industrial relations systems make the adoption of more flexible internal systems more difficult. In the UK, by contrast, the more adversarial nature of inter-firm relations makes it more difficult to establish external collaborations based on mutual trust, but less restrictive labour market structures make it easier for UK plants to adopt multifunctional working. This is linked to differences in attitudes to the property rights and transaction cost problems inherent in innovation.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Strategy & International Business Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | Cambridge Journal of Economics | ||||
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||
| ISSN: | 0309-166X | ||||
| Official Date: | May 2004 | ||||
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| Volume: | Volume 28 | ||||
| Number: | Number 3 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 379-395 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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