2005
DOI: 10.1016/s0166-4972(03)00082-8
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Patterns of innovation and skills in small firms

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“…It has been confirmed that highly innovative companies train their staff the most (Freel 2005) and personnel control has a positive impact on the likelihood of radical and incremental innovation (Cardinal 2001). Since the importance of personnel control to the generating of innovations seems to be generally accepted, it is hypothesised: …”
Section: H9a: the Extent Of Results Control Is Negatively Associated mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It has been confirmed that highly innovative companies train their staff the most (Freel 2005) and personnel control has a positive impact on the likelihood of radical and incremental innovation (Cardinal 2001). Since the importance of personnel control to the generating of innovations seems to be generally accepted, it is hypothesised: …”
Section: H9a: the Extent Of Results Control Is Negatively Associated mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Absorptive capacity may reflect both the quality of plants' human resource (Freel, 2005) as well as the organisational characteristics of the enterprise (Finegold and Wagner, 1998). In the models we therefore include indicators designed to reflect firms' skills base -the proportion of employees with graduate level qualifications -and whether the plant has a formal R&D department.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There is growing interest in understanding the relationship between a firm's innovativeness and its different skills and characteristics (Freel, 2005). Levels of innovativeness and competitiveness, however, may not simply depend on skills that firms can find and exploit in-house, but on the effectiveness with which they can gain access to external sources of technological knowledge and skills (Kline and Rosenberg, 1986;Kogut, 1988).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%