Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/176530 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity [ISSN:] 2199-8531 [Volume:] 2 [Issue:] 18 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Heidelberg [Year:] 2016 [Pages:] 1-14
Publisher: 
Springer, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, it investigates the way by which Tunisian service firms make their decision to innovate: simultaneously (one-stage model) or sequentially (two-stage model). Afterwards, once the innovation-making-decision way is selected, the paper analyzes its main determinants. Using a sample of 108 Tunisian service firms, the paper reveals that the two-stage model has a statistically significant advantage in predicting innovation. Indeed, it is shown that the sequential model illustrates well the innovation making-decision procedures. In fact, the main determinant behind the dominance of the sequential model is the importance that service firms give to the innovation objectives.
Subjects: 
Innovation
Decision making
Service sector
JEL: 
O31
O32
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Document Type: 
Article

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