TY - JOUR
T1 - The contrasting effects of active and passive cooperation on Innovation and productivity
T2 - Evidence from British local innovation networks
AU - Giovannetti, Emanuele
AU - Piga, Claudio A.
PY - 2017/5/1
Y1 - 2017/5/1
N2 - This paper studies the contrasting effects on innovations and productivity arising from active cooperation in innovation activities among competitors and from passive cooperation induced by these activities’ spillovers. A three-stage productivity function is estimated showing that firms’ innovations are supported by their active cooperation within their local innovation network of suppliers and customers and by passive cooperation through sectors’ spillovers. Contrary to this, active cooperation in innovation activities among competitors reduces their innovation rates and, indirectly, productivity. Hence, innovation policies and strategies aimed at restraining active cooperation among competitors, while encouraging it within a firm's local innovation network, may contribute to the system-wide introduction of process and product innovations and ultimately productivity.
AB - This paper studies the contrasting effects on innovations and productivity arising from active cooperation in innovation activities among competitors and from passive cooperation induced by these activities’ spillovers. A three-stage productivity function is estimated showing that firms’ innovations are supported by their active cooperation within their local innovation network of suppliers and customers and by passive cooperation through sectors’ spillovers. Contrary to this, active cooperation in innovation activities among competitors reduces their innovation rates and, indirectly, productivity. Hence, innovation policies and strategies aimed at restraining active cooperation among competitors, while encouraging it within a firm's local innovation network, may contribute to the system-wide introduction of process and product innovations and ultimately productivity.
KW - Product innovations
KW - Process innovations
KW - R&D spillovers
KW - Cooperation
KW - Local innovation networks
KW - Productivity
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85014276666&doi=10.1016%2fj.ijpe.2017.02.013&partnerID=40&md5=1883c807fea190b1bd77030395830522
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijpe.2017.02.013
DO - 10.1016/j.ijpe.2017.02.013
M3 - Article
VL - 187
SP - 102
EP - 112
JO - International Journal of Production Economics
JF - International Journal of Production Economics
SN - 0925-5273
ER -
