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dc.contributor.authorCantner, Uween
dc.contributor.authorConti, Elisaen
dc.contributor.authorMeder, Andreasen
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-21-
dc.date.accessioned2010-05-14T11:13:49Z-
dc.date.available2010-05-14T11:13:49Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/31734-
dc.description.abstractThe claim of a positive association between a firm’s social assets and its inno-vative capacity is a widely debated topic in the literature. Although controversial, such an argument has informed recent innovation policy across Germany, increasingly di-rected to cluster formation. In the light of the growing attention and financial efforts that cluster-based innovation policies are receiving, it is worth answering two main ques-tions. First, are firms with a relatively high level of social capital likely to be more in-novative? Second, do companies pursuing innovation in partnership innovate more? This paper empirically answers these questions by exploring a cross-sectoral sample of 248 firms based in the Jena region. On the one hand, the extent to which a firm is inte-grated in its community life does not contribute to an explanation of its innovative per-formance. On the other hand, directed cooperation with the specific goal of innovating shows a positive impact on innovative performance. However, the correlation between the extent of the network of co-innovators and firms’ innovative capacity presents an inverted U-shaped relation: there is a threshold in the number of co-innovators justified by the costs of innovating by interacting. A policy lesson can be drawn from these find-ings: cluster-based policies are to be treated with caution as firms face costs of network-ing and not merely benefits.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aFriedrich Schiller University Jena and Max Planck Institute of Economics |cJenaen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aJena Economic Research Papers |x2009,040en
dc.subject.jelO33en
dc.subject.jelL14en
dc.subject.jelR5en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordinnovationen
dc.subject.keywordsocial capitalen
dc.subject.keywordinnovation networken
dc.subject.keywordinnovation cooperationen
dc.subject.keywordclus-ter-based policyen
dc.subject.stwInnovationen
dc.subject.stwForschungskooperationen
dc.subject.stwBusiness Networken
dc.subject.stwSocial Capitalen
dc.subject.stwSoziales Netzwerken
dc.subject.stwRegionale Konzentrationen
dc.subject.stwJena (Region)en
dc.titleNetworks and innovation: the role of social assets in explaining firms' innovative capacity-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn605059209en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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