scholarly journals Revealing the importance of cooperative ties and R&D support within Czech manufacturing industry

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viktor Prokop ◽  
Jan Stejskal ◽  
Ondrej Kuba
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Linear Regression Models ◽  
Community Innovation Survey ◽  
Public Funds ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Creative Processes ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Knowledge Processes ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Public Resources

The importance of cooperation in the field of application knowledge and skills in creative processes is a constantly discussed topic. In general, these processes are described by a many study, but each of them acknowledges the need to take into account the specificities of individual countries and industries. All firms in the knowledge processes use cooperative links with their partners and often also public funds, which the state provides to support increased competitiveness or innovative absorption. Therefore, the aim of this paper has been defined as (i) to verify whether cooperation on innovation activities lead to growth or decrease of firms’ turnover and (ii) to find ways to allocate public funds more effectively, because most of innovation activities and cooperation are supported from public funds. Two linear regression models were employed. Data was sourced from a harmonized questionnaire of selected EU Member States from the Community Innovation Survey carried out in the Czech Republic for the period 2010-2012. Analyses have confirmed that collaborative links are at the heart of innovation processes, as well as the manufacturing industry has significant public resources that support these links and influence the growth of their turnover.

scholarly journals Research, development and innovations in Czech manufacture of electronic products

Equilibrium ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 163
Author(s):  
Nina Bockova
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Electronic Products ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Theoretical Issues

The paper deals with the topic of research and development investments and its use in small and medium-sized enterprises SME’s operating in the electronic industry. The aim of the article is to find out the impact of innovation activities on enterprises, especially the influence of the sources of funding for the research activity. The Czech Republic is the geographic segment to be explored. A chapter on theoretical issues is followed by a description of the current situation in the Czech Republic and abroad, and access to legal support for research and development in the business sector. Primary data collected from a survey are analysed in the analytical part. The statistical data processing was done using Statistica 12 software. Some SME’s of chosen group of manufacturing industry focus on research and development performed by their own means, and they searched for the possibility of financing the research from various sources.

scholarly journals Knowledge spillovers, innovation activities, and competitiveness of industries in EU member and candidate countries

2013 ◽  
Vol 58 (198) ◽  
pp. 7-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iraj Hashi ◽  
Nebojsa Stojcic
Keyword(s):  
Market Share ◽  
Knowledge Spillovers ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Community Innovation Survey ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Quality Upgrading ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Impact

The impact of innovation activities on the performance and competitiveness of firms, industries, and nations has been a matter of considerable interest over the past few decades. The existing empirical work has widened our knowledge of the complexity of the innovation process and its impact on the ability of firms to compete. This study investigates how knowledge spillovers generated through firms? innovation activities affect the ability of their industries to compete in terms of quality. The data from the Community Innovation Survey 2006 for several EU member and candidate countries that have recently become available are combined with other EU-wide datasets to create an industry database containing information on innovation activities and performance at industry level. A simultaneous equations framework is used to examine the interdependencies between knowledge spillovers, innovation activities, quality upgrading, and the market share of industries from the selected countries in the single European market. The results of the investigation provide support for the relationship between innovation, quality upgrading, and market share of industries, and point to several types of spillover which are relevant for the competitiveness of national industries in EU member states.

scholarly journals Different Approaches to Managing Innovation Activities: An Analysis of Strong, Moderate, and Modest Innovators

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viktor Prokop ◽  
Jan Stejskal
Keyword(s):  
Spillover Effects ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Community Innovation Survey ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Innovation Potential ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Microeconomic Analysis ◽  
The Eu

In the present day, innovation has become a key element of competitive advantage. However, most countries are failing in their innovative activities, and their innovative performance is below that of the EU average. Therefore, the European Commission annually publishes its Innovation Union Scoreboard, which provides a comparative assessment of the EU member states’ research and innovation performance. The countries are divided into four groups according to their innovation performance: innovation leaders, strong innovators, moderate innovators, and modest innovators. In this paper, we have selected countries whose innovation performance was close to, below, or well below that of the EU average in 2015, and we have performed microeconomic analysis of the situation in these countries’ firms to analyze the conditions of their innovation environment and uncover barriers to their innovation activities. We analyzed firms in the manufacturing industries in Slovenia (a strong innovator), Croatia (a moderate innovator), and Romania (a modest innovator) by using original multiple regression models and data from the 2010–2012 Community Innovation Survey. The results demonstrate the different backgrounds for innovation in each country. In Romania, there is a lack of both a satisfactory environment for innovation and sufficient capacity for absorbing public funds; investment into innovation-related activities is also absent. In Croatia, the innovation potential has not been fully exploited. However, we show that the appropriate targeting of innovation determinants (e.g., collaboration with different partners or public financing) could lead to the creation of synergies and spillover effects that would be able to support their innovative activities and strengthen the country’s competitiveness. There is a completely different situation in Slovenia. Firms there effectively utilize the various determinants of innovation activities, and these determinants have strong influence when utilized on their own. On the other hand, results also show that certain significant combinations of determinants of innovation activities are missing in Slovenia. In conclusion, we have proposed practical implications for policy makers that would be able to support innovative activities and help each country to improve its innovation ranking.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.ee.28.1.16111

scholarly journals DIFFERENT INFLUENCE OF COOPERATION AND PUBLIC FUNDING ON INNOVATION ACTIVITIES WITHIN GERMAN INDUSTRIES

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 384-397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viktor Prokop ◽  
Jan Stejskal
Keyword(s):  
Regression Models ◽  
Public Funding ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Linear Regression Models ◽  
Community Innovation Survey ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Public Subsidies ◽  
Innovation Support ◽  
Final Consequence ◽  
Competitive Economy

The aim of this research is to analyse (i) influence of cooperation with different partners and public funding on firms´ willingness to innovate; (ii) how public funding and cooperation with different partners influence firms´ innovation performance (turnover); (iii) effects of mutual interactions between firms´ innovation activities, cooperation with different partners and public funding on firms´ innovation performance (measured with turnover). The situation of 561 firms in Machines and Equipment industries in Germany was analysed because it is one of the most competitive economy in the world and one of the leaders in innovation within European Union. It allows to create unique benchmark and to propose implications that will be more appropriate and applicable also in other countries. For analyses, the data from Community Innovation Survey 2012-2014, which is a harmonized questionnaire and provides EU's science and technology statistics, was used, and new binary and multiple linear regression models were employed. Results of analyses show that provision of public subsidies, unlike cooperation, strongly influence firm’s motivation to innovate. However, results also showed that supported innovation activities do not always lead to an increase in firms´ innovative performance. Therefore, it can be pointed to the phenomenon of inefficiency of public innovation support in final consequence.

Effects of Foreign Ownership On Innovation Activities: Empirical Evidence for Twelve European Countries

2008 ◽  
Vol 204 ◽  
pp. 85-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Falk
Keyword(s):  
Decomposition Analysis ◽  
Foreign Ownership ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Community Innovation Survey ◽  
Member States ◽  
Oaxaca Decomposition ◽  
Domestic Firms ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
New Eu Member States

In the present study we investigate the relationship between foreign ownership and innovation activities using the firmlevel data of the third Community Innovation Survey (CIS) covering twelve European countries. Probit estimates based on 28,000 firms' observations show that foreign-owned firms are more innovative than domestic firms, particularly in the New EU Member States. However, results from the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition of the differences in the percentage of innovating firms between foreign-owned and domestic firms reveals that the differences are mainly due to the different firm characteristics rather than the differences in coefficients. In particular, the dominance of foreign-owned firms in the largest firm size group is the main factor contributing to the gap in the percentage of innovators between foreign-owned firms and domestic firms. Furthermore, using the fractional logit model, we find that in the New EU Member states, foreign ownership has a positive and significant impact on the share of market novelties as well as on the share of new products in turnover. In this case, the results from the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition analysis indicate that the ownership difference in the share of innovative sales is not due to the differences in the observed firms' characteristics.

scholarly journals The effects of EU R&I funding on SME innovation and business performance in new EU member states: Firm-level evidence

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (228) ◽  
pp. 7-41
Author(s):  
Nevenka Cuckovic ◽  
Valentina Vuckovic
Keyword(s):  
Business Performance ◽  
Community Innovation Survey ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Member States ◽  
Effect Analysis ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Start Ups ◽  
New Eu Member States

SMEs are the most dynamic and vibrant part of the enterprise sector in terms of start-ups and new jobs, and a significant share of the EU?s total innovation activities take place within them. This paper uses the Community Innovation Survey (CIS) 2014 and eCORDA data to analyse whether SME participation in EU research and innovation (R&I) funding programmes has increased their innovation activities and business performance. To achieve this, we empirically test whether SMEs that received EU funds recorded an improvement in their innovation and economic performance. This is measured by research and development (R&D) expenditure, product innovation, turnover, and employment. The paper focusses particularly on new EU member countries and among them to those from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). It explores the theoretical and methodological backgrounds that guided us in these analyses and performs treatment effect analysis at firm level, using CIS CDROM data that we received on request from Eurostat. The obtained results indicate that EU R&I funding is beneficial to the innovation activities of SME recipients, and to their overall business performance. It also assists new EU member states in the process of ?catching up? to the growth levels of more established EU economies.

scholarly journals Strengthening the Innovation Resilience of Polish Manufacturing Firms in Unstable Environments

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Wziątek-Kubiak ◽  
Marek Pęczkowski
Keyword(s):  
Public Support ◽  
Probit Model ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Community Innovation Survey ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Turbulent Times ◽  
Unstable Environment ◽  
Innovative Resources ◽  
Accuracy Of Prediction ◽  
Second Period

AbstractThis study examines factors that increase resilience in innovation of Polish manufacturing firms in an unstable environment. Organizational resilience in innovation is the ability to continuously perform innovation in a turbulent environment and increase knowledge accumulation. In 2008–2012, Poland did not have crisis itself. Short-term slowdown of the economy was accompanied by a breakdown of innovation activities, with a medium-term effect. Based on the Polish Community Innovation Survey panel data for two periods: the innovation crisis (2008–2010), and the innovation pessimism period (2010–2012), this study shows which innovative resources change the probability of innovation continuity in the second period. In our probit model, we explore 42 factors of innovations. We found that financing, R&D and marketing increased the probability of continuity of innovation, but the influence of financing was the strongest. Persistence in innovation in turbulent times hence requires a change in the structure of innovation resources used. Due to the fact that public support on innovation did not increase the likelihood of the continuity of the innovation, a policy change is required. Reliability of our estimation is confirmed by accuracy of prediction of firms, which was 78.2%.

Differences in the impact of AMO bundles of line managers and frontline workers on the performance of manufacturing firms

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Bayo-Moriones ◽  
Alejandro Bello-Pindado
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Linear Regression Models ◽  
Line Managers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Frontline Workers ◽  
Hrm Practices ◽  
Manufacturing Performance ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to analyse the impact on manufacturing performance of human resource management (HRM) practices across two job levels within manufacturing firms in Argentina and Uruguay: that of line managers and frontline workers. HRM practices are categorised into three bundles defined by the AMO theoretical framework: ability, motivation and opportunity.Design/methodology/approachThe article uses data from a survey to 301 manufacturing plants in Uruguay and Argentina. Given the characteristics of the dependent variable, linear regression models have been estimated in order to test the hypotheses.FindingsThe results show that the ability and opportunity bundles for line managers are positively associated with manufacturing performance. However, only the motivation bundle affects manufacturing performance for frontline workers.Research limitations/implicationsThe main limitations are the use of cross-sectional data, the focus on two specific countries and the analysis of two employee categories that are not completely homogenous. The paper extends the contingency perspective in HRM by examining the relevance of job level as a contingent factor in the HRM-performance relationship in the manufacturing industry.Practical implicationsThe results suggest that manufacturing companies should target HR investments more towards line managers than to frontline employees. More specifically, they should concentrate efforts on the ability and opportunity bundles.Originality/valueThe article contributes to the very limited empirical evidence on the impact of HRM differentiation on firm performance by analysing sub-dimensions in a context not previously analysed.

scholarly journals Specifics of Management of Enterprise Innovation Activities in the Czech Republic – The Decision-Making Mechanism

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 137-142
Author(s):  
Jindra Peterková ◽  
Jiří Franek
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Innovation Management ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Enterprise Innovation ◽  
Technical Solutions ◽  
Hierarchy Process

Abstract The majority of Czech managers are aware that the long-term competitiveness of the company depends primarily on the use of innovative technical solutions and investments in new technologies. Despite awareness of the importance of innovation, many companies do not know how to manage, implement, and evaluate them. Empirical research showed that most innovation firms implement, but do not systematically manage the implementation of innovative projects and the allocation of funds. There is a contradiction between companies’ ability to orientate themselves in the approaches available in the area of innovation management and the existence of a large number of approaches that can be used to address a particular type of innovation problem. A set of innovation concepts has been created to solve those challenges. Practical steps of the decision-making mechanism for selecting innovation concepts have been proposed. The decision-making mechanism is based on the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and serves primarily for managers of medium and large enterprises.

scholarly journals Method for Dissemination of Results from Sample Survey of Innovation Activities at Enterprises for Population

2017 ◽  
pp. 6-14
Author(s):  
I. A. Zhukovych ◽  
G. I. Tereshchenko
Keyword(s):  
General Population ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
International Comparisons ◽  
Sample Survey ◽  
Community Innovation Survey ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Analogous Data ◽  
Statistical Survey ◽  
Dissemination Of Results ◽  
Methodological Guidelines

The procedure for application of survey results on general population, which is a key phase in the official statistical survey of innovation activities at enterprises, conducted on sample basis, is analyzed. The tool for conducting the survey in Ukraine is the questionnaire “Survey of Innovation Activities at Enterprises”, the analogue of the questionnaire used by the Community Innovation Survey. The survey is conducted once in two years by the methodological recommendations of the Community Innovation Survey. The sample survey of innovation activities at enterprises and application of its results for the general population involves computation of statistical weights as part of the indicators assessment. The following issues are reviewed: computation of basic weights of reporting units; editing of data obtained from the survey; correction of statistical weights to account for non-response and change of key parameters of enterprises. A central issue under discussion is quality control of the statistical weights system. Approaches to indicators assessment using the survey data are highlighted. Elaborated within the framework of the Strategy for Development of Official Statistics till 2017, this method is part of the methodological guidelines on the innovation statistics. Once used by the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, the method will enable for producing high quality statistical data on innovation activities at enterprises from the survey data, adapted to the standards of European statistics and fit for international comparisons, first and foremost with the analogous data of EU countries.

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