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Innovation in Tunisia: Empirical Analysis for Industrial Sector

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  • Moez El Elj

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The aim of this article, is to analyze the effects of factors external and internal to the firms on innovation in Tunisia, and how these effects vary according some specificities of the firms, such as the opening of capital to foreign companies. The analysis is based on a sample of 543 manufacturing firms, taken from the Tunisian Survey of Technological Innovation conducted in 2005 by the Tunisian Ministry of Scientific Research, Technology and Skills Development. The results indicate that the firm?s technological competences, derived from in-house R&D and innovation efforts and cooperation are the main determinants of innovation performance of Tunisian firms. They also suggest that firms with high export intensity and significant foreign capital participation are found to be less innovating than partially exporting firms with low foreign capital share. The preliminary conclusion of our study is a set of recommendations to policy makers aiming at targeting new strategy vis-à-vis FDI considering their technological content and their impact on in house R&D, innovation and training system. JEL Codes: C25, O14, O31

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  • Moez El Elj, 2012. "Innovation in Tunisia: Empirical Analysis for Industrial Sector," Journal of Innovation Economics, De Boeck Université, vol. 0(1), pages 183-197.
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    1. Misraku Molla Ayalew & Zhang Xianzhi & Yidersal Dagnaw Dinberu & Demis Hailegebreal Hailu, 2020. "The Determinants of Firm’s Innovation in Africa," Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, Springer, vol. 20(3), pages 527-567, September.
    2. Jean C. Kouam & Simplice A. Asongu, 2022. "Effects of Taxation on Social Innovation and Implications for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals in Developing Countries: A Literature Review," Working Papers of the African Governance and Development Institute. 22/046, African Governance and Development Institute..
    3. André Dumas TSAMBOU & Nicolae BIBU, 2017. "A Comparative Analysis of the Determinants of Innovation Behaviour Between Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire and Senegal," REVISTA DE MANAGEMENT COMPARAT INTERNATIONAL/REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL COMPARATIVE MANAGEMENT, Faculty of Management, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania, vol. 18(3), pages 234-259, July.
    4. Mounir Amdaoud & Messaoud Zouikri, 2018. "Compétences externes et innovation: le cas des firmes de l'industrie manufacturière algérienne," Working Papers hal-04141692, HAL.
    5. Mohamed Ismail Sabry, 2019. "Fostering innovation under institutional deficiencies: formal state–business consultation or cronyism?," Economia Politica: Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics, Springer;Fondazione Edison, vol. 36(1), pages 79-110, April.
    6. Megersa Debela Daksa & Molla Alemayehu Yismaw & Sisay Diriba Lemessa & Shemelis Kebede Hundie, 2018. "Enterprise innovation in developing countries: an evidence from Ethiopia," Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Springer, vol. 7(1), pages 1-19, December.

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    Keywords

    innovation; FDI; developing countries; logit regression;
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    JEL classification:

    • C25 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions; Probabilities
    • O14 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives

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