Determinants of Innovation The Message from New Indicators

Micro-econometric analyses cover a wide range of new innovation 'input' and 'output' indicators. Among the robust findings about determinants of innovation is evidence on the importance of technological opportunity, of appropriability of innovation benefi

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Also by Alfred Kleinknecht INNOVATION PATTERNS IN CRISIS Schumpeter' s Long Cycle Reconsidered

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PROSPERITY:

NEW CONCEPTS IN INNOVATION OUTPUT MEASUREMENT (editor with Donald Bain) NEW FINDINGS IN LONG-WAVE RESEARCH (editor with Ernest Mandel and Immanuel Wallerstein)

Determinants of Innovation The Message from New Indicators Edited by

Alfred Kleinknecht

Professor of Industrial Economics Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam

Selection, editorial matter and Chapter 1 © Alfred Kleinknecht 1996 Chapters 2-6 inclusive © Macmillan Press Ltd 1996

Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1996 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1P 9HE. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. First published 1996 by MACMILLAN PRESS LTD Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world ISBN 978-1-349-13919-4

ISBN 978-1-349-13917-0 (eBook)

DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-13917-0

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

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Contents List of Tables

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List of Figures

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Notes on the Contributors

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1 New Indicators and Determinants of Innovation: An Introduction Alfred Kleinknecht

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2 Industrial Innovation in Switzerland: A Model-based Analysis with Survey Data Spyros Arvanitis and Heinz Hollenstein

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3 Schumpeterian Conjectures: A Moderate Support from Various Innovation Measures Bruno Crepon, Emmanuel Duguet and Isabelle Kabla

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4 Determinants of Innovation: A Microeconometric Analysis of Three Alternative Innovation Output Indicators Erik Brouwer and Alfred Kleinknecht

5 Factors Determining R&D and Innovation Expenditure in German Manufacturing Industries Johannes Felder, Georg Licht, Eric Nerlinger and Harald Stahl 6

Firm Size and Participation in R&D Robert W. Vossen and Bart Nooteboom

Index

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List of Tables Measurement of innovation related to different stages of the innovation process Innovation variables used in model estimation 2.2 2.3 Specification of the explanatory variables Factor analysis of appropriation mechanisms 2.4 Factor analysis of external sources of knowledge 2.5 2.6 Structure of the final sample of the 1993 innovation survey by KOF/ETH The probability of responding: Probit estimates with 2.7 responding vs. non-responding firms Ordered Probit (or Tobit) estimates with measures 2.8 related to the generation of innovation (Model 1) Ordered Probit (or Tobit) estimates with measures 2.9 related to the generation of innovation (Model 2) Tobit estimates