TY - JOUR
T1 - Non-technological and technological innovations: do services differ from manufacturing? An empirical analysis of Luxembourg firms
AU - Mothe, Caroline
AU - Nguyen-Thi, Thuc Uyen
PY - 2012/1/1
Y1 - 2012/1/1
N2 - The literature on innovation highlights the interactive nature of the innovation process in which non-technological activities are essential. However, few works have taken into account the role of other innovative strategies such as marketing and organisational innovations. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to fill this gap. For the empirical work, we used firm-level data drawn from the Community Innovation Survey 2006 for Luxembourg. We find that the effects of non-technological innovations differ depending on the phase of the innovation process. Marketing and organisational innovations significantly increase the likelihood of innovation, but not the commercial success of innovation. The study also shows the differentiated effects of the two types of non-technological innovation in manufacturing and service firms.
AB - The literature on innovation highlights the interactive nature of the innovation process in which non-technological activities are essential. However, few works have taken into account the role of other innovative strategies such as marketing and organisational innovations. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to fill this gap. For the empirical work, we used firm-level data drawn from the Community Innovation Survey 2006 for Luxembourg. We find that the effects of non-technological innovations differ depending on the phase of the innovation process. Marketing and organisational innovations significantly increase the likelihood of innovation, but not the commercial success of innovation. The study also shows the differentiated effects of the two types of non-technological innovation in manufacturing and service firms.
KW - https://www.inderscienceonline.com/keyword/Community Innovation Survey
KW - technological innovation
KW - services
KW - non-technological innovation
U2 - 10.1504/IJTM.2012.045544
DO - 10.1504/IJTM.2012.045544
M3 - Article
SN - 0267-5730
VL - 57
SP - 227
EP - 244
JO - International Journal of Technology Management
JF - International Journal of Technology Management
IS - 4
ER -