Collaborating to innovate: the case of the Nigerian mining industry

Oluseye Oladayo Jegede

Chapter 8 in Innovation in Developing and Transition Countries, 2017, pp 156-170 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter examines the importance of collaboration for mining firms’ innovativeness in the South West region of Nigeria using the data on 150 purposively selected mining firms. The results of both descriptive and inferential statistical techniques suggest that the majority of the surveyed firms collaborated with at least one other actor for their innovation activities. Surveyed firms tended to collaborate with competitors, suppliers and customers within the local markets and abroad. Statistical analysis results indicate that collaboration did not have significant impact on product innovation but it was statistically related to process and organizational innovation. The chapter concludes that collaboration is important for process and organizational innovations in the mining industry in Nigeria.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Urban and Regional Studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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