 Diversity in innovation and productivity in EuropeFrancesco Crespi and Mario Pianta A chapter in Schumpeterian Perspectives on Innovation, Competition and Growth, 2009, pp 259-275 from Springer Abstract: Abstract The diversity in innovation patterns across manufacturing and service industries and in their outcomes in terms of hourly labor productivity are investigated in this article considering six European countries. The Schumpeterian insights into the variety of innovation are developed in this work by identifying different innovation–performance relationships for industries and countries, relying either on the dominant role of product innovation, or on the diffusion of process improvements. Moreover, the “push” effect of innovation is combined with the “pull” effect of demand, by considering the impact of the dynamics of consumption and investment at the sectoral level. The results point out a “North-South” divide across EU countries, with the three countries of Northern Europe closely associated to the model of productivity growth based on product innovation, and the three Southern countries, mainly relying on the mechanisms by which process innovation is at the root of productivity improvements. Keywords: Product and process innovation; Productivity; Demand (search for similar items in EconPapers) 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:spr:sprchp:978-3-540-93777-7_15 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-93777-7_15 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Springer Books from Springer |
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