Technological regimes, Schumpeterian patterns of innovation and firm level productivity growth

Castellacci, Fulvio and Zheng, Jinghai (2010): Technological regimes, Schumpeterian patterns of innovation and firm level productivity growth.

Abstract

The paper investigates the relationships between technological regimes and firm-level productivity performance, and it explores how such a relationship differs in different Schumpeterian patterns of innovation. The analysis makes use of a rich dataset containing data on innovation and other economic characteristics of a large representative sample of Norwegian firms in manufacturing and service industries for the period 1998-2004. First, we decompose TFP growth into technical progress and efficiency changes by means of data envelopment analysis. We then estimate an empirical model that relates these two productivity components to the characteristics of technological regimes and a set of other firm-specific factors. The results indicate that: (1) TFP growth has mainly been achieved through technical progress, while technical efficiency has on average decreased; (2) the characteristics of technological regimes are important determinants of firm-level productivity growth, but their impacts on technical progress are different from the effects on efficiency change; (3) the estimated model works differently in the two Schumpeterian regimes. Technical progress has been more dynamic in Schumpeter Mark II industries, while efficiency change has been more important in Schumpeter Mark I markets.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: TFP growth; technical progress; technical efficiency; technological regimes; Schumpeterian patterns of innovation; CIS data
• Subjects: L - Industrial Organization > L0 - General; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development

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