Innovation pattern heterogeneity: a data-driven retrieval of the firms' approaches to innovation

Marco Capasso, Marina Rybalka

Innovation is one of the usual suspects in defining differences in performance among firms, according to a strong and diverse theoretical framework. Understanding the diversity that exists within the population of innovative firms is essential to elaborate appropriate innovation policies. Our study explores the diversity of innovation patterns among Norwegian firms included in the 2018 Community innovation survey (CIS2018). By applying factor analysis on a wide array of survey variables and on a large sample of firms, we identify eleven typical approaches to innovation, which recurrently connect innovation inputs and outputs at firm level. A main outcome of our study is a renewed fine-grained view on innovation as a multifaceted concept.

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Year of publication:	[2021]
Authors:	Capasso, Marco ; Rybalka, Marina
Publisher:	Pisa, Italy : LEM, Laboratory of Economics and Management, Institute of Economics, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
Subject:	Technological change \| Innovation survey \| Factor analysis \| Business strategies \| Intra-industry heterogeneity \| Innovation \| Technischer Fortschritt \| Strategisches Management \| Strategic management \| Innovationsmanagement \| Innovation management \| Theorie \| Theory \| Faktorenanalyse