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PERCEPTIONS OF INNOVATION CLIMATE AND THE INFLUENCE OF OTHERS: A MULTI-COUNTRY STUDY OF SMEs

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  • TIM MAZZAROL

    (UWA Business School, University of Western Australia, M263, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia)

  • DELWYN CLARK

    (Waikato Management School, University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton, 3240, New Zealand)

  • SOPHIE REBOUD

    (Groupe ESC Dijon Bourgogne, 29 rue Sambin, 21000 Dijon, France)

  • NEWELL (SANDY) GOUGH

    (170 Harbor Square Loop NE, A-410, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110, USA)

  • PHILIP OLSON

    (2848 Vibbert St. South, Salem, OR 97302, USA)

Abstract

This paper examines the perceptions of small firms from eight OECD countries towards their national climate for innovation, and the perceived importance of outsiders in assisting them with innovation projects. A total of 505 firms were surveyed, each had an innovation they were seeking to commercialise. Key issues examined were the firm's senior managers' perceptions of how supportive their country was to innovators in relation to government policy, the cost of doing business and the quality of communications infrastructure. Also examined was the ease of access to markets, skilled labour, research centres and external financing. The managers were also asked to indicate how much value they placed on outsiders such as accountants, venture financiers, customers, suppliers, lawyers and others in relation to their strategic decision making over commercialisation activities. Differences were found between the country sub-samples using discriminant analysis. However, the similarities between these firms suggest more commonality than differences.

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  • Tim Mazzarol & Delwyn Clark & Sophie Reboud & Newell (Sandy) Gough & Philip Olson, 2014. "PERCEPTIONS OF INNOVATION CLIMATE AND THE INFLUENCE OF OTHERS: A MULTI-COUNTRY STUDY OF SMEs," International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 18(01), pages 1-24.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijimxx:v:18:y:2014:i:01:n:s1363919614500091
    DOI: 10.1142/S1363919614500091
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    1. Guillermo Javier Diaz-Villavicencio & Simone Didonet & Alexander Dodd, 2016. "Perspectives On Innovation Management Of Ecuadorian Companies — Empirical Evidence," International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 20(06), pages 1-20, August.
    2. Zhenzhen Zhao & Damien Renard & Mehdi Elmoukhliss & Christine Balague, 2016. "What Affects Creative Performance In Idea Co-Creation: Competitive, Cooperative Or Coopetitive Climate?," International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 20(04), pages 1-24, May.
    3. Irina Ervits & Malgorzata Zmuda, 2018. "A cross-country comparison of the effects of institutions on internationally oriented innovation," Journal of International Entrepreneurship, Springer, vol. 16(4), pages 486-503, December.

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