TY - JOUR
T1 - Firm innovation in Africa and Latin America
T2 - Heterogeneity and country context
AU - Paus, Eva
AU - Robinson, Michael
AU - Tregenna, Fiona
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press in association with Oxford University Press and the Industrial and Corporate Change Association.
PY - 2022/4/1
Y1 - 2022/4/1
N2 - In this paper, we analyze the drivers of firm innovation in 35 African and Latin American countries. We investigate how firm-level capabilities and national country characteristics affect firm innovation activities and innovation outputs. Using data from the World Bank Enterprise Surveys, we analyze the factors driving firm-level innovation distinguishing two stages in the innovation process: firm engagement with innovation inputs and the translation of innovation inputs into innovation outputs. The paper provides empirical support for the importance of country-level macro and institutional characteristics, in addition to firm-level capabilities, across a large number of countries in determining firm-level innovation. We demonstrate that capital investment and training are just as important innovation activities as research and development spending in developing economies. We highlight the heterogeneity in firm innovation across firm size, country- and firm-level characteristics, and economic sectors.
AB - In this paper, we analyze the drivers of firm innovation in 35 African and Latin American countries. We investigate how firm-level capabilities and national country characteristics affect firm innovation activities and innovation outputs. Using data from the World Bank Enterprise Surveys, we analyze the factors driving firm-level innovation distinguishing two stages in the innovation process: firm engagement with innovation inputs and the translation of innovation inputs into innovation outputs. The paper provides empirical support for the importance of country-level macro and institutional characteristics, in addition to firm-level capabilities, across a large number of countries in determining firm-level innovation. We demonstrate that capital investment and training are just as important innovation activities as research and development spending in developing economies. We highlight the heterogeneity in firm innovation across firm size, country- and firm-level characteristics, and economic sectors.
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U2 - 10.1093/icc/dtac006
DO - 10.1093/icc/dtac006
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85128511276
SN - 0960-6491
VL - 31
SP - 338
EP - 357
JO - Industrial and Corporate Change
JF - Industrial and Corporate Change
IS - 2
ER -
