Tytuł:

Differentiation of innovation strategies of manufacturing firms in the New Member States: cluster analysis on firm level data

Tytuł publikacji grupowej:

Argumenta Oeconomica

Autor:

Wziątek-Kubiak, Anna ; Balcerowicz, Ewa ; Pęczkowski, Marek

Temat i słowa kluczowe:

innovation modes ; differentiation of innovative firms ; strategy of innovation ; strategia innowacji ; innowacyjność przedsiębiorstw ; polityka badawczo-rozwojowa

Opis:

Argumenta Oeconomica, 2013, Nr 2 (31), s. 117-150

Abstrakt:

This paper investigates the differences in innovation behaviour among manufacturing firms in three New Member States (NMS): the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland. It is based on a survey of firms operating in four manufacturing industries: food and beverages, automotive, pharmaceuticals and electronics. The paper takes into account: innovation inputs in enterprises, cooperation among firms in R&D activities, the benefits of cooperation with business partners and innovation effects. Five types of innovation patterns that firms in the NMS introduce to improve competitive advantage were detected using a cluster analysis. They differ in terms of in-house innovation capabilities, their forms, the use of external sources of innovation, spillover absorption and economic performance. Interestingly, most of them are similar to the innovation patterns of firms in the incumbent EU member states. This seems to confirm Shorec and Verspagen's (2008) claim that, in the heterogeneity in firms' innovation behaviour, countries matter only to a certain extent. The paper shows that in the NMS the role of the two types of innovation sources - R&D and cooperation - are complementary rather than consist of the 'make-or-buy decision' (Veugelers, 1997) model. Although external knowledge is important in innovation activities, the benefits of using it are determined by in-house innovation capacities

Wydawca:

Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu

Miejsce wydania:

Wrocław

Data wydania:

2013

Typ zasobu:

artykuł

Format:

application/pdf

Język:

eng

Powiązania:

Argumenta Oeconomica, 2013, Nr 2 (31)

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