Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/309620 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Citation: 
[Journal:] International Journal of Management and Economics [ISSN:] 2543-5361 [Volume:] 51 [Issue:] 1 [Year:] 2016 [Pages:] 90-103
Publisher: 
De Gruyter Open, Warsaw
Abstract: 
This study investigates how vertical linkages impact the innovative activity of both medium-high and high technology industries in Poland. The data for this research were collected in structured telephone or e-mail interviews with managers and company owners. The final data set includes 1,355 firms. The analysis is based on probit modeling that allows us to determine the probability of innovative activity in relation to a number of supplier and customer groups or a type of vertical linkage. We find that the number of suppliers and customers shape innovative activity; specifically, the more groups of suppliers and customers the higher level of innovative activity. This analysis suggests that appropriate suppliers and customers can greatly accelerate innovation activity.
Subjects: 
innovative activity
vertical linkages
industry
HT
MHT
JEL: 
O32
O33
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Document Type: 
Article

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