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Innovation and connectivity in northern european technical cooperation networks
  The rationale and policy proposed by two collaborating projects is to increase innovation through improved connectivity among SMEs within northern European supply chains. To inform project policy we test the hypothesis ‘improvement in broadly defined connectivity as online business activity, investment abroad and technical cooperation abroad are associated with enhanced product or service innovation’. We test this hypothesis by referring to the EIM Business and Policy Research (2009) data set relating to the period 2006 to 2008. We carry out exploratory and probit analysis to identify a strong link between connectivity factors and increased product or service innovation. We also make comparisons between the Baltic, North Sea and other European regions with regard to innovativeness, connectivity and other factors. The Baltic Sea region displays significantly higher levels of innovation and technical cooperation abroad than other European regions, while online business activity is more prevalent in the Baltic and North Sea than in the other regions.

  • Type:

    Article

  • Date:

    31 August 2014

  • Publication Status:

    Published

  • Publisher

    World Scientific Publishing Company

  • DOI:

    10.1142/s1363919614500224

  • Cross Ref:

    10.1142/S1363919614500224

  • ISSN:

    1363-9196

  • Library of Congress:

    HD28 Management. Industrial Management

  • Dewey Decimal Classification:

    658 General management

Citation

Pearson, M., & Cabras, I. (2014). Innovation and connectivity in northern european technical cooperation networks. International Journal of Innovation Management, 18(4), 1450022. https://doi.org/10.1142/s1363919614500224

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Keywords

Innovation; Connectivity; Small and Medium Enterprises; Technical Cooperation; Northern Europe

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