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Innovation, Networks and Plant Location: Some Evidence for Ireland

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Roper, S.

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The influence of networks and locational factors on plants' innovation activities have received considerable attention over the last decade.Most workk has centred on the hypotheses suggested by the urban-hierarchy model. That is, that resource-rich, urban areas may be more conducive to product innovation while more rural areas are more suited to process change. This paper differentiates between foru types of areas in Ireland (urban, urban-periphery, rural, second centre) and uses survey evidence to examine the impact of these different environments on plants' innovation activity.

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Paper provided by Economic Research Institute of Northern Ireland in its series Working Papers NIERC. with number 37.

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Keywords: INNOVATIONS ; URBAN AREAS;

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O32 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Technological Change - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
O31 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Technological Change - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
O30 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Technological Change - - - General

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