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Innovation Modes and Firm's Performance: Evidence from Portugal

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  • Sérgio Nunes
  • Raul Lopes
  • José Dias

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It has been shown that firms tend to develop different modes of innovation triggered by the relationship between different types of knowledge and learning processes underpinning it. This paper aims at identifying different modes of business innovation; second, relating them to firms' innovative and economic performance; and, analyzing the relationship between the different innovation modes and the economic impact of the crisis on the firms' performance. These hypotheses are tested by regression and latent class models for the Portuguese population of firms using a sample of 397 firms, stratified by level of technological intensity, firm's size and region. Results show three firms' heterogeneous modes of innovation in terms of its relationship to the economic and innovative performance and with significant differences in terms of resilience to the economic crisis. These findings lead to a reflection on innovation, competitiveness and regional policy.

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  • Sérgio Nunes & Raul Lopes & José Dias, 2013. "Innovation Modes and Firm's Performance: Evidence from Portugal," ERSA conference papers ersa13p252, European Regional Science Association.
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