Iammarino, Simona 
ORCID: 0000-0001-9450-1700, Sanna-Randaccio, Francesca and Savona, Maria
(2009)
The perception of obstacles to innovation: foreign multinationals and domestic firms in Italy.
Revue D’économie Industrielle, 125.
ISSN 1773-0198
Abstract
This paper looks at the perception of obstacles to innovation of both foreign multinational enterprises (MNEs) and domestic firms located in Italy. Drawing on firm-level data from the Italian third Community Innovation Survey (CIS3), we show that important differences in firms’ perception of obstacles to innovation occur both across macro-regions and types of firms (i.e. foreign multinationals versus domestic firms belonging to a group and single domestic firms). The results offer support to the typical North-South divide that exists in the Italian innovation system. In addition, firms belonging to a group (especially foreign MNEs) appear to be less sensitive to their socio-economic and institutional context than single domestic firms.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://rei.revues.org/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2009 Éditions Techniques et Économiques |
| Divisions: | Geography & Environment |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General) H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Mar 2010 11:28 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Mar 2025 23:51 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/27519 |
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