Innovation plays a role of increasing importance in conditioning the competitiveness of the firms. The objective of this paper was to analyse the effect of the territory on the propensity to innovate of the Apulian food industry. To this aim we used the model of the “innovation system” that explains the innovative pattern of the local firms on the base of specific local factors: (a) the customers and suppliers’ characteristics, (b) the financial markets’ features, (c) the existence of research and high formation centres; (d) regional R&D policies. The implementation of this model on the Apulian food industry is useful in explaining the prevalence of small and less innovative firms.
Industria alimentare e sistema innovativo in Puglia
DE MEO, EMILIO
2004-01-01
Abstract
Innovation plays a role of increasing importance in conditioning the competitiveness of the firms. The objective of this paper was to analyse the effect of the territory on the propensity to innovate of the Apulian food industry. To this aim we used the model of the “innovation system” that explains the innovative pattern of the local firms on the base of specific local factors: (a) the customers and suppliers’ characteristics, (b) the financial markets’ features, (c) the existence of research and high formation centres; (d) regional R&D policies. The implementation of this model on the Apulian food industry is useful in explaining the prevalence of small and less innovative firms.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
