Location and network effects on innovation success: evidence for
UK, German and Irish manufacturing plants
J. Love, und S. Roper. Research Policy, 30 (4):
643-661(2001/4)
Zusammenfassung
Recent developments in the new economic geography and the literature
on regional innovation systems have emphasised the potentially important
role of networking and the characteristics of firms' local operating
environment in shaping their innovative activity. Modeling UK, German
and Irish plants' investments in R&D, technology transfer and networking,
and their effect on the extent and success of plants' innovation
activities, casts some doubt on the importance of both of these relationships.
In particular, our analysis provides no support for the contention
that firms or plants in the UK, Ireland or Germany with more strongly
developed external links (collaborative networks or technology transfer)
develop greater innovation intensity. However, although inter-firm
links also have no effect on the commercial success of plants' innovation
activity, intra-group links are important in terms of achieving commercial
success. We also find evidence that R&D, technology transfer and
networking inputs are substitutes rather than complements in the
innovation process, and that there are systematic sectoral and regional
influences in the efficiency with which such inputs are translated
into innovation outputs.
%0 Journal Article
%1 Love2001/4
%A Love, James H.
%A Roper, Stephen
%D 2001/4
%J Research Policy
%K Collaborative Innovation Local environment; networks operating systems;
%N 4
%P 643-661
%T Location and network effects on innovation success: evidence for
UK, German and Irish manufacturing plants
%V 30
%X Recent developments in the new economic geography and the literature
on regional innovation systems have emphasised the potentially important
role of networking and the characteristics of firms' local operating
environment in shaping their innovative activity. Modeling UK, German
and Irish plants' investments in R&D, technology transfer and networking,
and their effect on the extent and success of plants' innovation
activities, casts some doubt on the importance of both of these relationships.
In particular, our analysis provides no support for the contention
that firms or plants in the UK, Ireland or Germany with more strongly
developed external links (collaborative networks or technology transfer)
develop greater innovation intensity. However, although inter-firm
links also have no effect on the commercial success of plants' innovation
activity, intra-group links are important in terms of achieving commercial
success. We also find evidence that R&D, technology transfer and
networking inputs are substitutes rather than complements in the
innovation process, and that there are systematic sectoral and regional
influences in the efficiency with which such inputs are translated
into innovation outputs.
@article{Love2001/4,
abstract = {Recent developments in the new economic geography and the literature
on regional innovation systems have emphasised the potentially important
role of networking and the characteristics of firms' local operating
environment in shaping their innovative activity. Modeling UK, German
and Irish plants' investments in R&D, technology transfer and networking,
and their effect on the extent and success of plants' innovation
activities, casts some doubt on the importance of both of these relationships.
In particular, our analysis provides no support for the contention
that firms or plants in the UK, Ireland or Germany with more strongly
developed external links (collaborative networks or technology transfer)
develop greater innovation intensity. However, although inter-firm
links also have no effect on the commercial success of plants' innovation
activity, intra-group links are important in terms of achieving commercial
success. We also find evidence that R&D, technology transfer and
networking inputs are substitutes rather than complements in the
innovation process, and that there are systematic sectoral and regional
influences in the efficiency with which such inputs are translated
into innovation outputs.},
added-at = {2008-08-31T18:03:07.000+0200},
author = {Love, James H. and Roper, Stephen},
biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/21b913e502b58abf1c3e4f42de41f80ba/jomiralb},
description = {Old biblio},
interhash = {4a51c522a62a0ba97a2e6a5e92a5b616},
intrahash = {1b913e502b58abf1c3e4f42de41f80ba},
journal = {Research Policy},
keywords = {Collaborative Innovation Local environment; networks operating systems;},
number = 4,
owner = {oriol},
pages = {643-661},
timestamp = {2008-08-31T18:03:17.000+0200},
title = {Location and network effects on innovation success: evidence for
UK, German and Irish manufacturing plants},
volume = 30,
year = {2001/4}
}