Firm size, technological intensity of sector and relational competencies to innovate: Evidence from French industrial innovating firms

Francis Munier (francis.munier@fa2.ch)
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Francis Munier: BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: This article stresses the importance of competencies, specifically relational competencies, in the innovation process. Innovation output is not only produced by R&D but also often supported by networks and interfirm relations that differ according to the size of the firm. We perform an empirical analysis of the relationship between French industrial firms' relational competencies and their sizes. Our results show that the size and the technological intensity of their sector are strongly correlated with relational competencies. We give also some statistical results concerning the relationship between tacit and codified procedures and external versus internal sources of the competencies.

Keywords: Relational competencies; Size of the firm; Sector; Innovation; Tacit versus codified; External versus internal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001-04-01
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Published in Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2001, 15 (4-5), pp.493-505. ⟨10.1080/10438590500513024⟩

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DOI: 10.1080/10438590500513024

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