A firm’s age and size as determinants for its organizational innovativeness

Journal of Innovation Management

Jukka-Pekka Bergman¹  Pia Heilmann¹  Igor Dukeov¹  Vladimir Jaschenko²  Vladimir Platonov³ 

[1] Lappeenranta University of Technology, Lappeenranta, Finland;Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University "LETI", Saint Petersburg, Russia;Saint Petersburg State University of Economics, Saint Petersburg, Russia;

关键词: organizational innovation;    innovation management;    firm characteristics;    size;    age.;   

DOI  :  10.24840/2183-0606_006-003_0005

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This research explores the impact of the firm’s characteristics of size and age on organizational innovation. The study is based on data gathered from a sample of industrial companies from central region of Russia, and reveals that there is a relation between the size and age of a firm and its organizational innovation activity. To make the research more specific, the organizational innovation is broken down into a few organizational innovation subtypes that are analysed independently. Each organizational innovation subtype of a firm demonstrates a different level of dependence on its characteristics. The conclusion was made that each subtype of organizational innovation must be analysed based on the specified context being considered.

【 授权许可】

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