Non-technological and technological innovations: do services differ from manufacturing? An empirical analysis of Luxembourg firms

Technological Innovation Persistence: Literature Survey and Exploration of the Role of Organizational Innovation

“…We also explored a new promising avenue for research aiming to link organizational and technological innovations. We found that organizational innovation is a determinant factor for innovation persistence and, more generally speaking, for technological innovation, confirming previous works (Mothe and Nguyen-Thi, 2011).…”

“…However, the link with organization innovation remains a black box even though this type of innovation has received increased interest in recent years (for a review, see Mothe and Nguyen-Thi, 2011 . The CIS2006 encompassed 1491 enterprises: 320 from the manufacturing sector and 1158 from the service sector.…”

Firm Technological Innovation Persistence: Organizational Innovation Matters

“…Firms implementing a combination of customer, organizational, and technological skills tend to introduce more innovations. Mothe and Nguyen (2012) find that the effects of non-technological innovations differ depending on the phase of the innovation process. Organizational innovations significantly increase the likelihood of innovation, but not its commercial success.…”

Diffusion of innovation concepts in Portuguese manufacturing companies

“…The literature shows that the combination of technical and non-technical innovation has a positive impact in innovation performance (Mothe & Nguyen-Thi, 2010, 2012Palčič, Buchmeister, & Polajnar, 2010). Over the last decade we have seen some important shifts in the competitive priorities and the manufacturing action programs of the average European manufacturer.…”

“…Based on data from the European Manufacturing Survey (EMS) 2012 (hereinafter EMS 2012) and previous studies in other countries (Mothe & Nguyen-Thi, 2012;Palčič et al, 2010;Lay, Copani, Jäger, & Biege, 2010), this paper aims to identify some innovation patterns in Portuguese manufacturing companies. Data collected from 62 companies participating in EMS 2012 were used to analyse: (i) to what extent technical and organizational innovation concepts are diffused in Portuguese manufacturing companies; (ii) how the use of technical innovation concepts is interrelated with the use of organizational innovation concepts; and (iii) to what extent Portuguese companies since 2009 have introduced product innovation and product-related service innovation.…”