 Firm Size, Small Business Presence and Sales of Innovative Products: A Micro-econometric AnalysisErik Brouwer and Alfred Kleinknecht Small Business Economics, 1996, vol. 8, issue 3, 189-201 Abstract: In our generalized TOBIT analysis we identify a number of variables which have an impact on a firm's innovation "output." Among others we find that larger firms generally have a higher probability of selling some innovative products, although this probability increases less than proportionately with firm size. Given that a firm has some sales of innovative products, the share of such products in a firm's total sales tends to be higher in smaller firms. Moreover, a strong small business presence in a sector seems to enhance imitative innovation but has no influence on "true" innovations, whereas market concentration has no influence on innovation "output" in whatever definition. We also find evidence of regional knowledge spill-overs. Furthermore, our results are consistent with Schmookler's hypothesis that the growth demand enhances innovation. The outcomes about the impact of R&D collaboration and technology transfer on innovation remain ambiguous. Copyright 1996 by Kluwer Academic Publishers Date: 1996 There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:kap:sbusec:v:8:y:1996:i:3:p:189-201 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Small Business Economics is currently edited by Zoltan J. Acs and David B. Audretsch More articles in Small Business Economics from Springer |
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