The perception of obstacles to innovation. Multinational and domestic firms in Italy

Simona Iammarino, Francesca Sanna-Randaccio () and Maria Savona ()

Working Papers of BETA from Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, UDS, Strasbourg

Abstract: This paper looks at the perception of obstacles to innovation of both multinational enterprises (MNEs) and domestic firms located in Italy. Drawing on data from the firm-level Italian CIS3, we first explore to what extent innovative behaviours are both firm- (i.e. foreign- versus nationally-owned multinationals, MNEs versus single domestic firms) and region-specific. We then examine whether the perception of obstacles to innovation varies among types of firms and regions.

Keywords: obstacles to innovation; multinational firms; innovation processes; regional location (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F23 O3 R3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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