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The Organisation of Innovation: Collaboration, Co-operation and Multifunction Groups in UK and German Manufacturing

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Love, J.H.
Roper, S.

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Marked differences exist between the institutional and social context for innovation in the UK and Germany. The question addressed here is how these different contexts impact on the objectives and organisation of innovation in UK and German manufacturing. In particular, we examine the extent to which UK and German plants engage in inter-plant collaboration and co-operation and multifunctional working as part of their innovative activity, and explore the reasons for differences in these patterns of involvement. The investigation is based on a large-scale, comparative survey of manufacturing plants in the two countries.

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Paper provided by Economic Research Institute of Northern Ireland in its series Working Papers NIERC. with number 65.

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Keywords: INNOVATIONS ; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES;

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

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