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Division of Labor between Innovation Intermediaries for SMEs: Productivity Effects of Interfirm Organizations in Japan

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  • Nobuya Fukugawa

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Innovation intermediaries are individuals or organizations that help others improve productivity. This study examines how small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) chose intermediaries and how intermediaries affected total factor productivity (TFP) growth of participants through different channels. Estimated switching regression models reveal that cooperative associations improved TFP of participants through cost sharing, such as joint logistics, while voluntary groups improved TFP of participants through knowledge sharing, such as joint R&D. Innovative SMEs appear to have exploited different intermediaries so that the benefit from each intermediary would be complementary to TFP growth. The results suggest the division of labor between intermediaries.

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  • Nobuya Fukugawa, 2018. "Division of Labor between Innovation Intermediaries for SMEs: Productivity Effects of Interfirm Organizations in Japan," Journal of Small Business Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 56(S1), pages 297-322, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ujbmxx:v:56:y:2018:i:s1:p:297-322
    DOI: 10.1111/jsbm.12345
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    1. Keita Oikawa, 2022. "Innovation Systems and Digital Transformation," Chapters, in: Fukunari Kimura & Keita Oikawa (ed.), The Comprehensive Asia Development Plan (CADP) 3.0: Towards an Integrated, Innovative, Inclusive, and Sustainable Economy, chapter 8, pages 237-276, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA).
    2. FUKUGAWA Nobuya, 2023. "Determinants of Commercialization Modes of Science: Evidence from panel data of university technology transfer in Japan," Discussion papers 23053, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI).
    3. FUKUGAWA Nobuya, 2023. "Sources of Heterogeneous Treatment Effects of Incorporating Manufacturing Kohsetsushi : Evidence from panel data of technology extension," Discussion papers 23062, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI).

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