Uno studio sull’innovazione nell’industria chimica

Anna Ceci (), Mario De Marchi and Maurizio Rocchi ()
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Anna Ceci: Istat,Istituto Nazionale di Statistica,Via Cesare Balbo 16, 00184 - Roma
Mario De Marchi: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche,Istituto di Ricerca sull’Impresa e lo Sviluppo,Sezione di Ricerca di Roma, Istituzioni e Politiche per la Scienza e la Tecnologia(Ceris-Cnr), Via dei Taurini, 19, 00185 Roma, Italy
Maurizio Rocchi: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche,Istituto di Ricerca sull’Impresa e lo Sviluppo,Sezione di Ricerca di Roma, Istituzioni e Politiche per la Scienza e la Tecnologia(Ceris-Cnr), Via dei Taurini, 19. 00185 Roma, Italy

CERIS Working Paper from CNR-IRCrES Research Institute on Sustainable Economic Growth - Torino (TO) ITALY - former Institute for Economic Research on Firms and Growth - Moncalieri (TO) ITALY

Abstract: In our analysis, we have remembered the general result reached by studies on innovation of late, according to which innovation in manufacturing industry is a complex phenomenon and does not lend itself to be described and explained through simplistic analytical models. We have then taken clue from a variegated description of the firms’ innovative behaviour, based on several indicators of their innovativeness. Our results confirm the idea that remarkable differences exist between the two sub-sectors into which chemical industry is broken down: pharmaceutical and basic chemicals. As for policy implications, the close correlation between patents and basic-research expenditure suggests that the Italian Fund for basic research (FIRB) might be useful in order to promote innovation in chemical industry.

Keywords: Industria chimica; Innovazione; Ricerca (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 13 pages
Date: 2004-06
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