Barriers to Innovation faced by Manufacturing Firms in Portugal: How to overcome it?

Silva, Maria and Leitão, João and Raposo, Mário (2007): Barriers to Innovation faced by Manufacturing Firms in Portugal: How to overcome it?

Abstract

This paper aims to identify the barriers to innovation that influence the innovation capability of Portuguese industrial firms. The literature review about innovation makes use of two references approaches: (i) the systemic; and (ii) the networks and inter-organizational relationships. The database is obtained through the Community Innovation Survey II (CIS II) conducted by EUROSTAT. Furthermore, from the results several public policies are proposed in order to overcome the restraining factors of the entrepreneurial innovative capability.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Institution: University of Beira Interior
• Language: English
• Keywords: Innovation; Entrepreneurial Innovative Capability
• Subjects: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Innovation ; Research and Development ; Technological Change ; Intellectual Property Rights > O38 - Government Policy; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Innovation ; Research and Development ; Technological Change ; Intellectual Property Rights > O31 - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives

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