Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/75013 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
LICOS Discussion Paper No. 227
Publisher: 
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, Leuven
Abstract: 
Using the cluster definitions of the European Cluster Observatory, this paper investigates the link between cluster membership and firm-level product innovation and renewal,using data from the Community Innovation Survey for Belgium. Clustered firms account for 71 percent of total product renewal generated in 2004 and for 53 percent of product innovators; compared to 29 and 47 percent for non-clustered firms, respectivily. Furthfirmore, cluster membership is shown to be conducive to firm-level product innovation and renewal once firm size, export intensity and reseach inputs are taken into account. Foreign firms are not more prone to carry out product innovation, except for subsidiaries in clusters.
Subjects: 
Product Innovation
Clusters
Community Innovation Survey
Multinational Firms
JEL: 
D21
F23
O31
O33
Document Type: 
Working Paper

Files in This Item:
File
Size
290.66 kB





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.