Innovation And Inter-Firm Co-Operation: The Case Of The West Midlands

Lisa De Propris

Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2000, vol. 9, issue 5, 421-446

Abstract: Drawing upon the innovative milieux and industrial districts literature, the paper provides substantial empirical evidence that firms have a greater chance of being innovative if they co-operate with other firms over innovation, albeit undertaking no investment in RLD. This is an important result especially for small firms. In particular, the paper focuses on inter-firm cwperation along the supply chain, using a swey of firms in the West Midlands to investi-gate co-operation over innovation between suppliers and buyers. A probit model is used to test the link between innovation performance and four innovation inputs: R&D expenditure, R&D personnel, networking with suppliers and networking with client firms.

Keywords: innovation, small firms, industrial district, innovative milieux, networking JEL Classification 031; R12, (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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