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INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION PROMOTERS IN SMALL, KNOWLEDGE-INTENSIVE FIRMS

2009

This paper examines the relationship between external relations and innovation in small, knowledge-intensive Norwegian firms. Our findings indicate that external relations are beneficial for innovation. The analysis shows that it is necessary to treat innovation as more than a concept. Our independent variables related differently to product innovation, process innovation, and market innovation.We found that market participation in product development has a positive impact on product, process and market innovation. We also found that top management interaction with other firms had a positive effect on market innovation and that top management interaction with external R&D had a positive…

VariablesProcess (engineering)Product innovationbusiness.industryStrategy and Managementmedia_common.quotation_subjectInnovation managementContext (language use)Inter organizationalInnovation innovation promoters external relations small knowledge-intensive firms NorwayManagement of Technology and InnovationNew product developmentProduct (category theory)BusinessBusiness and International ManagementMarketingIndustrial organizationmedia_commonInternational Journal of Innovation Management
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