nep-knm New Economics Papers
on Knowledge Management and Knowledge Economy
Issue of 2011‒12‒13
three papers chosen by
Laura Stefanescu
European Research Centre of Managerial Studies in Business Administration
  1. Technological innovation persistence : Literature survey and exploration of the role of organizational innovation By Christian Le Bas; Caroline Mothe; Thuc Uyen Nguyen-Thi
  2. Competencies of firms, external knowledge sourcing and types of innovation in regions of Europe By Franz Tödtling; Markus Grillitsch; Christoph Höglinger
  3. The complementary effects of proximity dimensions on knowledge spillovers By Emanuela Marrocu; Raffaele Paci; Stefano Usai
  1. By: Christian Le Bas (Université de Lyon, Lyon, F-69007, France ; CNRS, GATE Lyon St Etienne,F-69130 Ecully, France); Caroline Mothe (IREGE, University of Savoie, France); Thuc Uyen Nguyen-Thi (CEPS/INSTEAD, 3 av de la Fonte, 4364 Esch-sur-l'Alzette, Luxembourg)
    Abstract: In this paper, we will review the literature on technological innovation persistence and provide a general theoretical framework to analyze the main determinants of this innovative behavior. Moreover, no previous empirical study has taken into account organizational innovation practices as possible determinants of innovation persistence. We will therefore include them, as previous studies have shown the interaction effects between the two types of innovation, and produce empirical results on technical innovation persistence. A multinomial probit model was used to estimate the likelihood of belonging to each of the three longitudinal innovation profiles. Results confirm the differentiated impact of determinants on process and technological innovation persistence, and the effect of R&D intensity, R&D cooperation and competition intensity. As hypothesized, we also found that organizational innovation is a determinant factor for innovation persistence and, more generally speaking, for technological innovation, in particular organizational practices such as knowledge management and external partnerships.
    Keywords: Persistance; Innovation; Technologie; Organisationnelle innovation; R&D
    JEL: O30
    Date: 2011
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:gat:wpaper:1132&r=knm
  2. By: Franz Tödtling; Markus Grillitsch; Christoph Höglinger
    Date: 2011
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wiw:wiwsre:sre-disc-2011_05&r=knm
  3. By: Emanuela Marrocu; Raffaele Paci; Stefano Usai
    Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to analyse the effect of various proximity dimensions on the innovative capacity of 276 regions in Europe within a knowledge production function model, where R&D and human capital are included as the main internal inputs. We combine the standard geographical proximity with the institutional, technological, social and organizational ones to assess whether these externalities are substitutes or complements in channelling knowledge spillovers. Results show that all proximities have a significant complementary role in generating an important flow of knowledge across regions, with the technological closeness playing the most relevant role.
    Keywords: knowledge production; spillovers, proximity; human capital; weight matrix
    JEL: O31 R12 C31 O52 O18
    Date: 2011
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:cns:cnscwp:201121&r=knm
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