New firm creation and innovation: industrial patterns and inter-sectoral linkages

Innovative firms and the urban/rural divide: the case of agro‐food system

“…Innovation appears to be strengthened in co‐ops, which seem to be more willing to collaborate with public support services. As suggested by Alba et al (2011) age and new firm creation are not necessarily linked to innovation behaviour in supply based traditional sectors. What is more, such findings do not depend on spatial considerations and rurality does not seem to be per se a handicap for innovative firms, independently of the criteria used to measure rurality (OECD, LDRS).…”

“…This can be the case of those businesses sourced more from local resources, such as agriculture, which seemed to be less innovative. Agricultural firms can be considered supply‐dominated businesses, which have been associated with low technological intensities and lower rates of entrepreneurship (Alba et al , 2011).…”

“…This question is especially relevant in the agriculture and agri‐food industry because they are considered to be closely linked to the territory. Making use of an input‐output framework (Papaconstantinou et al , 1998) García‐Alvarez‐Coque and Alba (2011)investigated the inter‐sectoral flows of innovation in the agri‐food sector including both agriculture and agri‐industry in the Valencia region (see also Alba et al , 2011). They concluded that the weight of inter‐sectoral flows in the total innovation effort of the agri‐food firms is significant, with marked differences between agriculture and the food industry.…”

Determinants of Agri‐food Firms’ Participation in Public Funded Research and Development

“…Many MSE are supply-dominated firms with low technological intensities, low entrepreneurship and cheap labor (Christensen et al, 1996, Grunert et al, 1997, Alba et al, 2011. In this sense, the private investment in R&D is lower than other EU sectors (0.53% of sales in 2009) (FoodDrinkEurope, 2012).…”

Communication Barrier, Spillover Effect and Industrial-Technological Innovation

“…Firstly, Martin [46] draws a conclusion from the organizational perspective of start-ups that industrial models such as inter-departmental linkages and organizational structure of start-ups will affect the industrial capabilities of start-ups, and that different organizational networks will result in differentiated organizational communication multipliers. Subsequently, Zhou [47] firstly proved that firm cooperation can promote innovation diffusion, and then further proved that excellent market structure, favorable natural environment, excellent technological innovation, sound governance policies, and reasonable firm size have a positive impact on innovation diffusion.…”