The perception of obstacles to innovation. Foreign multinationals and domestic firms in Italy

Simona Iammarino, Francesca Sanna-Randaccio and Maria Savona ()

Revue d'économie industrielle, 2009, vol. n° 125, issue 1, 75-104

Abstract: This paper looks at the perception of obstacles to innovation of both foreign multinational enterprises (MNEs) and domestic firms located in Italy. Drawing on firm-level data from the Italian third Community Innovation Survey (CIS3), we show that important differences in firms? perception of obstacles to innovation occur both across macro-regions and types of firms (i.e. foreign multinationals versus domestic firms belonging to a group and single domestic firms). The results offer support to the typical North-South divide that exists in the Italian innovation system. In addition, firms belonging to a group (especially foreign MNEs) appear to be less sensitive to their socio-economic and institutional context than single domestic firms.

Keywords: Obstacles to Innovation; Multinational Firms; Innovation Processes; Regional Location (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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