Cooperation for Innovation in the European Union: Outlook and Evidences Using CIS for 15 European Countries

Abstract

Cooperation for innovation is understood as an essential element in the innovation process of European firms. The aim is to compare how the different sources of information (external and internal) and cooperation for innovation are used in manufacturing and services in Europe using Community Innovation Survey (CIS) data for 15 European countries. The empirical study uses a sample of firms included in the CIS (2008), which covers 15 European countries and applies multivarious data analysis techniques to extract results. The results of this research suggest that firms use

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“…Moreover, the same study showed that the share of service innovating enterprises that have collaborated with universities or public research institutes is very low in the EU (on average 6.4% and 7.0% respectively). Similarly in a more recent study, Carvalho et al (2018), found that sources of innovation for innovation with universities or other higher education institutions, government or public research institutes differs between manufacturing and services. For innovative service firms, the sources of information are more diverse and the factor analysis showed a greater importance to sources such as conferences and fairs, competitors, and customers which is logical given the influence of the market and the importance of the external environment for service firms (Carvalho et al 2018).…”

“…Similarly in a more recent study, Carvalho et al (2018), found that sources of innovation for innovation with universities or other higher education institutions, government or public research institutes differs between manufacturing and services. For innovative service firms, the sources of information are more diverse and the factor analysis showed a greater importance to sources such as conferences and fairs, competitors, and customers which is logical given the influence of the market and the importance of the external environment for service firms (Carvalho et al 2018). These sources are of importance to service firms to introduce innovations as well as to learning in the innovation process (Trigo and Vence 2012;Jiménez-Zarco et al 2011).…”

“…These sources are of importance to service firms to introduce innovations as well as to learning in the innovation process (Trigo and Vence 2012;Jiménez-Zarco et al 2011). Sources of information for manufacturing firms is however different as reported by Carvalho et al (2018) who find sources as universities, research institutes, professional associations and labs more important.…”

“…In addition as explained above innovative service firms are more likely to collaborate with customers or even competitors as compared to innovative manufacturing firms who more often collaborate with unversities and research institutes (Carvalho et al 2018). Still, it is surprising that a strong service sector also affects start-up numbers negatively.…”