Innovation, heterogeneous firms, and the region [WP]

dc.contributor.authorLópez-Bazo, Enrique
dc.contributor.authorMotellón Corral, Elisabet
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-17T09:41:11Z
dc.date.available2016-05-17T09:41:11Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.date.updated2016-05-17T09:41:17Z
dc.description.abstractThis paper investigates the role of regional determinants on innovation performance controlling by the firm’s absorptive capacity and other sources of firm heterogeneity. The findings for a sample of firms in Spain support the hypothesis that regional determinants matter, though their role is subtler than the one frequently assumed. Rather than a direct influence on firm’s innovation, the regional context moderates the effect of internal determinants. In the case of product innovation the most important mechanism of interaction seems to be operating through cooperation in innovation, whereas for process innovation it seems to be through highly skilled labour
dc.format.extent31 p.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.issn2014-1254
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/98585
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherUniversitat de Barcelona. Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada Regional i Pública
dc.relation.isformatofReproducció del document publicat a: http://www.ub.edu/irea/working_papers/2016/201607.pdf
dc.relation.ispartofIREA – Working Papers, 2016, IR16/07
dc.relation.ispartofAQR – Working Papers, 2016, AQR16/07
dc.relation.ispartofseries[WP E-AQR16/07]
dc.relation.ispartofseries[WP E-IR16/07]
dc.rightscc-by-nc-nd, (c) López-Bazo et al., 2016
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
dc.sourceDocuments de treball (Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada Regional i Pública (IREA))
dc.subject.classificationGestió de la innovació
dc.subject.classificationCreixement econòmic
dc.subject.classificationIgualtat
dc.subject.otherInnovation management
dc.subject.otherEconomic growth
dc.subject.otherEquality
dc.titleInnovation, heterogeneous firms, and the region [WP]
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper

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