Innovation in Tunisia: Empirical Analysis for Industrial Sector

Elj, Moez El

doi:10.3917/jie.009.0183

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“…Nonetheless, the export propensity has also shown to be unrelated to innovation in many Latin American economies (Crespi, Zuniga, 2012; this was also the argument of older studies such as Pirela et al, 1993). In some cases, Srholec (2007) and El Elj (2012) found that export intensity has a negative impact on the firm's decision to undertake innovation activities. Finally, Goedhuys and Veugelers (2012), Koubaa et al (2010) and Pamukçu (2003) show no relationship between export and innovation.…”

Section: Innovation In Emerging Countries: Empirical Analysismentioning

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Determinants of innovation activities in small and open economies: the Lebanese business sector

Hadhri¹,

Arvanitis²,

M’henni³

2016

Journal of Innovation Economics &Amp; Management

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Section: Innovation In Emerging Countries: Empirical Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Determinants of innovation activities in small and open economies: the Lebanese business sector

Hadhri¹,

Arvanitis²,

M’henni³

2016

Journal of Innovation Economics &Amp; Management

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“…It is important to encourage enterprises and industrial support institutions to integrate innovation, technology transfer and R&D into their strategies. The idea of creation of technology parks to support start-ups and to favour the incubation and creation of innovative enterprises by promoting the results of research developed Tunisia (El Elj, 2012 ) could be considered as lesson learned for the other Southern Mediterranean countries. Besides modernizing and improving the competitive capacity of the national industrial system accelerates the integration of the country into the free-trade zone with Europe.…”

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Partnership Performance Between Northern and Southern Mediterranean Countries in the First 2 Years of PRIMA Programme Implementation

Rhouma¹

2022

J Knowl Econ

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The article evaluates the performance of the partnership between European and non-European participating states after 2 years of implementation of the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) programme. A total of 742 participating entities were involved in 83 funded projects based on two funding calls of 2018 and 2019. The results show that while extensive partnerships were established between southern and northern Mediterranean countries, there was lower project coordination by non-European states. As a result, the grant distribution was in favour of European countries which received the majority of funds. A networking analysis was performed, and it demonstrates low cooperation between Northern African countries and Eastern Mediterranean countries. Italy, France and Spain are clustered with Northern African countries; however, Germany and Portugal are more affiliated with Eastern Mediterranean countries. The private sector analysis shows an excellent participation of SMEs in Sect. 1 (funded by PRIMA) for both calls in 2018 and 2019. SMEs received 22% of EU funds — well in line with Horizon 2020 target — demonstrating the vital role that PRIMA plays for the development of SMEs. However, for Sect. 2 (funded by participating states), the participation of SMEs was low and received only 6.4% of participating state funds. The participation of SMEs from non-European countries was low and represented 30% in Sect. 1 of the total number of SMEs and only 15% in Sect. 2.

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“…Exporting firms also benefited from their exposure to international technology and the ensuing technology transfers that may take place. Exporters have better access to information about the availability of as well as better access to foreign embodied and disembodied technology that provide the opportunity to innovate (Abdu and Jibir, 2017;El Elj, 2012).…”

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The finance of innovation in Africa

Ayalew

Zhang

Hailu

2019

EJIM

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how firms in developing countries finance innovation. Notably, the study seeks to investigate whether innovative firms exhibit financing patterns different from those of non-innovative ones. It also examines the effect of financing sources on firm’s probability to innovate. Design/methodology/approach The study utilizes firm-level data from the World Bank Enterprise Survey. From 28 African countries, 11,173 firms have been included in the sample. A statistical t-test is used for two independent samples and logistic regression models. Findings The results show that innovative firms, specifically innovative small- and medium-size firms exhibit financing patterns different from non-innovative peers. Further analysis indicates that there is no statistically significant difference between the financing patterns of innovative and non-innovative large firms. In Africa, innovation is mostly financed using internal sources and bank finance. Equity finance and bank finance have shown a higher effect followed by internal finance, finance from non-bank financial institutions and trade credit finance on firms’ probability to innovate. Practical implications The management of innovative firms should reduce dependency on short-term and retained earning financing and increase the use of long-term instruments improve innovation performance. Social implications A pending policy task for African leaders is to design and evaluate reforms to create a strong financial sector that willing to support the innovation process. Originality/value This study contributes to the existent literature on finance of innovation by examining how firms finance innovation activities in developing countries. This study provides evidence on how innovative firms exhibit financing patterns different from non-innovative ones from developing countries.

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Innovation in Tunisia: Empirical Analysis for Industrial Sector

Cited by 12 publications

References 17 publications

Determinants of innovation activities in small and open economies: the Lebanese business sector

Determinants of innovation activities in small and open economies: the Lebanese business sector

Partnership Performance Between Northern and Southern Mediterranean Countries in the First 2 Years of PRIMA Programme Implementation

The finance of innovation in Africa

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