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Author-Name: Srholec, Martin
Author-Email: m.srholec@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Author-Workplace-Name: UNU-MERIT, and SBE, Maastricht University
Title: A multilevel analysis of innovation in developing countries
Abstract: Innovation is a multilevel phenomenon. Not only characteristics of firms
	 but also environment within which firms operate matter. Although this
	 has been for long recognized in the literature, a quantitative test that
	 explicitly concerns the hypothesis that framework conditions affect
	 innovativeness of firms remains lacking. Using a large sample of firms
	 from many developing countries, we estimate a multilevel model of
	 innovation that integrates explanatory factors at different levels of the
	 analysis. Apart from various firm’s characteristics, national economic,
	 technological and institutional conditions directly predict the likelihood
	 of firms to innovate.
Classification-JEL: C30, E11, O30
Keywords: Innovation, technological capability, multilevel modeling, institutions,
	 developing countries
Series: UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Creation-Date:20080101
Number: 2008-040
File-URL: https://unu-merit.nl/publications/wppdf/2008/wp2008-040.pdf
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