TY - JOUR
T1 - Networks, firm size and innovation
AU - Rogers, Mark
PY - 2004/3
Y1 - 2004/3
N2 - Using survey data on Australian firms this paper investigates the determinants of innovation. Various possible determinants are investigated, including market structure, export status, the use of networks, and training. Regression analysis is conducted separately for manufacturing and non-manufacturing firms and, within each sector, by firm size categories. The results include evidence of persistence in innovative activities and that the use of networks is associated with innovation in some sector-firm size categories. Specifically, small manufacturing firms exhibit a positive association between networking and innovation. In contrast, for non-manufacturing firms this association is present for medium and large sized firms.
AB - Using survey data on Australian firms this paper investigates the determinants of innovation. Various possible determinants are investigated, including market structure, export status, the use of networks, and training. Regression analysis is conducted separately for manufacturing and non-manufacturing firms and, within each sector, by firm size categories. The results include evidence of persistence in innovative activities and that the use of networks is associated with innovation in some sector-firm size categories. Specifically, small manufacturing firms exhibit a positive association between networking and innovation. In contrast, for non-manufacturing firms this association is present for medium and large sized firms.
UR - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FB%3ASBEJ.0000014451.99047.69
U2 - 10.1023/B:SBEJ.0000014451.99047.69
DO - 10.1023/B:SBEJ.0000014451.99047.69
M3 - Article
SN - 0921-898X
VL - 22
SP - 141
EP - 153
JO - Small Business Economics
JF - Small Business Economics
IS - 2
ER -