Typology of Firms Innovating in Products and Processes in a European Peripheral Region
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https://doi.org/10.25115/eea.v35i3.2500Keywords:
Innovation, Innovative Firm, Peripheral Region, SME, Andalusia.Abstract
The knowledge gap on the innovative process in economically and technologically less developed or peripheral regions has harmed the expected economic impact of innovative measures in these regions. The main objective of this paper is to characterise innovative firms in contrast with non-innovating companies in Andalusia, an important Spanish region and one of the main peripheral regions of the European Union. For the empirical research, a survey on 430 Andalusian firms from four technological and non-technological sectors was carried out, distinguishing between product innovation and process innovation. The analysis of the typology reveals common features associated with each type of innovation. Thus, the organization that innovates in products is characterised by the development of an innovative capacity where the sources of internal knowledge predominate over external sources. On the other hand, the organization that innovates in processes bases its innovative capacity on internal knowledge and on certain external sources.Downloads
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