COOPERATION FOR INNOVATION AND ITS IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGICAL AND NON-TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FOR EUROPEAN SMES IN TRADITIONAL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES

Dragana Radicic, David Douglas (), Geoff Pugh () and Ian Jackson ()
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David Douglas: Leeds Beckett University Business School, UK
Geoff Pugh: Staffordshire University Business School, UK
Ian Jackson: University of Wolverhampton Business School, UK

International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), 2019, vol. 23, issue 05, 1-41

Abstract: Drawing on a sample of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in traditional manufacturing industries from seven EU regions, this study investigates how cooperation with external organisations affects technological (product and process) innovations and non-technological (organisational and marketing) innovations as well as the commercial success of product and process innovations (i.e., innovative sales). Our empirical strategy takes into account that all four types of innovation are potentially complementary. Empirical results suggest that cooperation increases firms’ innovativeness and yields substantial commercial benefits. In particular, increasing the number of cooperation partnerships has a positive impact on all measures of innovation performance. We conclude that a portfolio approach to cooperation enhances innovation performance and that innovation support programs should be demand-led.

Keywords: SMEs; cooperation for innovation; traditional manufacturing; technological and non-technological innovations; cooperation breadth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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