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The role of regional context on innovation persistency of firms

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  • Charlie Karlsson

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This paper analyses the role of regional context on innovation persistency of firms. Using the Community Innovation Survey in Sweden, we have traced firms' innovative behaviour from 2002 to 2012, in terms of four Schumpeterian types of innovation: product, process, organizational, and marketing. Controlling for an extensive set of firm‐level characteristics, we find that certain regional characteristics matter for innovation persistency of firms. In particular, those firms located in regions with: (i) thicker labour market or (ii) higher extent of knowledge spillover exhibit higher probability of being persistent innovators up to 14 percentage points. Such higher persistency is mostly pronounced for product innovators. Este artículo analiza el papel del contexto regional en la persistencia de la innovación de las empresas. Se utilizó la Encuesta de Innovación Comunitaria en Suecia para dar seguimiento al comportamiento innovador de las empresas desde 2002 hasta 2012, en términos de cuatro tipos de innovación de Schumpeter: producto, proceso, organización y comercialización. Una vez que se controló un amplio conjunto de características a nivel de empresa, se encontró que ciertas características regionales son importantes para la persistencia de la innovación de las empresas. En particular, las empresas ubicadas en regiones con: (i) un mercado laboral más voluminoso o (ii) una mayor amplitud de los spillovers de conocimiento, muestran una mayor probabilidad de ser innovadoras persistentes, hasta 14 puntos porcentuales. Dicha mayor persistencia es pronunciada sobre todo para las empresas innovadoras en tanto a productos. 本稿では、企業の持続的イノベーションに対する地域コンテクストの役割を分析する。欧州各国で実施されているイノベーション調査(Community Innovation Survey:CIS)のスイスにおける調査結果を利用して、2002年から2012年までの企業のイノベーションの動向を、シュンペーターの理論におけるイノベーションの4つのタイプ、すなわちプロダクト・イノベーション、プロセス・イノベーション、組織イノベーション、マーケティング・イノベーションの観点から追跡する。企業レベルの特徴の拡張データセットを調整すると、地域のある特徴が、企業の持続的イノベーションに関わっていることが分かった。特に、該当の企業は(1)市場厚がある労働市場がある地域、または(2)知識スピルオーバーの効果が高く、持続的イノベーションの企業の確率が、最大で14パーセントポイントと高い地域に立地している。持続性の高いイノベーションは、プロダクト・イノベーションを起こしている企業において特に顕著である。

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  • Sam Tavassoli & Charlie Karlsson, 2018. "The role of regional context on innovation persistency of firms," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 97(4), pages 931-955, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:presci:v:97:y:2018:i:4:p:931-955
    DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12315
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    • D22 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
    • L20 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - General
    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D

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