Technological Innovation Persistence: Literature Survey and Exploration of the Role of Organizational Innovation

24 Pages Posted: 7 Dec 2011

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Christian Le Bas

Université Catholique de Lyon - ESDES School of Business and Management

Caroline Mothe

University of Savoy - Institut de Recherche en Gestion et Économie (IREGE)

Thuc Uyen Nguyen Thi

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Date Written: December 7, 2011

Abstract

In this paper, we will review the literature on technological innovation persistence and provide a general theoretical framework to analyze the main determinants of this innovative behavior. Moreover, no previous empirical study has taken into account organizational innovation practices as possible determinants of innovation persistence. We will therefore include them, as previous studies have shown the interaction effects between the two types of innovation, and produce empirical results on technical innovation persistence. A multinomial probit model was used to estimate the likelihood of belonging to each of the three longitudinal innovation profiles. Results confirm the differentiated impact of determinants on process and technological innovation persistence, and the effect of R&D intensity, R&D cooperation and competition intensity. As hypothesized, we also found that organizational innovation is a determinant factor for innovation persistence and, more generally speaking, for technological innovation, in particular organizational practices such as knowledge management and external partnerships.

Keywords: persistance, innovation, technologie, organisationnelle innovation, R&D

JEL Classification: O30

Suggested Citation

Le Bas, Christian and Mothe, Caroline and Nguyen Thi, Thuc Uyen, Technological Innovation Persistence: Literature Survey and Exploration of the Role of Organizational Innovation (December 7, 2011). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1969293 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1969293

Christian Le Bas (Contact Author)

Université Catholique de Lyon - ESDES School of Business and Management ( email )

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Caroline Mothe

University of Savoy - Institut de Recherche en Gestion et Économie (IREGE) ( email )

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Annecy-le-Vieux, 74944
France

Thuc Uyen Nguyen Thi

affiliation not provided to SSRN ( email )

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