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Author-Name: Raymond,Wladimir 
Author-Name: Mohnen,Pierre 
Author-Name: Palm,Franz 
Author-Name: Schim van der Loeff,Sybrand 
Author-workplace-name: METEOR
Title: An Empirically-Based Taxonomy of Dutch Manufacturing: Innovation Policy Implications 
Abstract: The paper studies the degree of homogeneity of innovative behavior inorder to determine empirically an industry classi¯cation of Dutch manu-facturing that can be used for policy purposes. We use a two-limit tobitmodel with sample selection, which explains the decisions by business en-terprises to innovate and the impact these decisions have on the share ofinnovative sales. The model is estimated for eleven industries based on theDutch Standard Industrial Classi¯cation (SBI 1993). A likelihood ratiotest (LR) is then performed to test for equality of the parameters acrossindustries. We ¯nd that Dutch manufacturing consists of three groups ofindustries in terms of innovative behavior, a high-tech group, a low-techgroup and the industry of wood, where ¯rms seem to have a rather di®er-ent innovative behavior from the remaining industries. The same patternshows up in the three Dutch Community Innovation Surveys.
Keywords: none; 
Series: Research Memoranda
Creation-Date: 2004
Number: 024
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Handle: RePEc:unm:umamet:2004024