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Firm Capabilities and Cooperation for Innovation: Evidence from the UK Regions

In: Geography, Institutions and Regional Economic Performance

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  • Simona Iammarino

    (London School of Economics and Political Science)

  • Mariacristina Piva

    (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore)

  • Marco Vivarelli

    (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore)

  • Nick Tunzelmann

    (University of Sussex)

Abstract

This chapter focuses on the relationship between firms’ technological competencies and capabilities and different forms of cooperation for innovation by combining the analysis of both micro and meso levels, i.e. the level of the firm and of the geographical region. Our findings, based on the Fourth UK Community Innovation Survey (CIS), provide new insights regarding the relationship between cooperative linkages for innovation and firms’ technological status. Firstly, the distinction between competencies and capabilities adopted in this chapter seems appropriate for going beyond the rather simplistic dichotomy of ‘innovative’ versus ‘non-innovative’ firms commonly used in interpreting CIS data. Secondly, we find that the analysis for the UK as a whole masks stark regional differences in terms of intra- and extra-region collaborative linkages and firms’ technological status.

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  • Simona Iammarino & Mariacristina Piva & Marco Vivarelli & Nick Tunzelmann, 2013. "Firm Capabilities and Cooperation for Innovation: Evidence from the UK Regions," Advances in Spatial Science, in: Riccardo Crescenzi & Marco Percoco (ed.), Geography, Institutions and Regional Economic Performance, edition 127, pages 281-302, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:adspcp:978-3-642-33395-8_14
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-33395-8_14
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