Cooperation in Innovation Practices Among Portuguese Firms: Do Universities Interface Innovative Advances?

Posted: 19 Oct 2007 Last revised: 23 Oct 2007

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Maria José Silva

University of Beira Interior

João Leitão

University of Beira Interior, Department of Management and Economics; Technical university of Lisbon, Centre for Management Studies of Instituto Superior Técnico (CEG-IST); Instituto Multidisciplinar de Empresa

Date Written: October 15, 2007

Abstract

This paper aims to identify the nature of the relationships that are established amongst agents who co-operate in terms of innovation practices. It analyses whether the entrepreneurial innovation capability of firms is stimulated through the relationships developed with external partners. The data of 2nd Community Innovation Survey of EUROSTAT is used in a logistic model. In the estimation process of the Logit function, the entrepreneurial innovation capability is considered as the answer variable. The scientific agents who cooperate in terms of innovation activities impact, positively, on the propensity to engage in innovative advances revealed by the firms, at the level of product innovation. The paper presents policy implications, which may be used in the design of public policies for fostering open innovation networks between scientific agents and firms.

Keywords: Innovation, Networks, Entrepreneurial Innovation Capability

JEL Classification: I21, I28, 031, 032

Suggested Citation

Silva, Maria José and Leitão, João, Cooperation in Innovation Practices Among Portuguese Firms: Do Universities Interface Innovative Advances? (October 15, 2007). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1021818 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1021818

Maria José Silva

University of Beira Interior ( email )

Estrada do Sineiro
6200-209 Covilha, PA
Portugal

João Leitão (Contact Author)

University of Beira Interior, Department of Management and Economics ( email )

Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
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Covilha, 6200 209
Portugal
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Technical university of Lisbon, Centre for Management Studies of Instituto Superior Técnico (CEG-IST) ( email )

Lisbon
Portugal

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Instituto Multidisciplinar de Empresa ( email )

Campus Miguel de Unamuno
ES-37007 Salamanca, Salamanca 23007
Spain

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