IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/mul/j0hje1/doi10.1430-91315y2018i2p173-194.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Changing Models of Innovation in the EU Textile and Clothing Industry

Author

Listed:
  • Donato Iacobucci
  • Francesco Perugini

Abstract

Firms in the textile and clothing industry are generally considered as «suppliers dominated » for their innovation model, being characterized by low investment in R&S and little capabilities for autonomous innovation. As a result, technological innovation is not considered a key competitive factor. This situation is supposed to rapidly changing as a result of the increasing relevance of the so-called transversal technologies, such as ict, and the diffusion of open innovation models. The main aim of this paper is to analyze the characteristics and changes in the innovation model of EU firms in the textile and clothing industry over the last two decades. Empirical results reveal that in general firms remain characterized by a low intensity of innovation and patenting activity. However, the patenting and co-patenting activity of firms and the technological span of patents have significantly increased during the last decade, suggesting significant changes in their innovation model. Moreover, the innovation activity is highly concentrated in specific areas within the EU.

Suggested Citation

  • Donato Iacobucci & Francesco Perugini, 2018. "Changing Models of Innovation in the EU Textile and Clothing Industry," L'industria, Società editrice il Mulino, issue 2, pages 173-194.
    • Handle: RePEc:mul:j0hje1:doi:10.1430/91315:y:2018:i:2:p:173-194
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.rivisteweb.it/download/article/10.1430/91315
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers
    File URL: https://www.rivisteweb.it/doi/10.1430/91315
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:mul:j0hje1:doi:10.1430/91315:y:2018:i:2:p:173-194. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: the person in charge (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.rivisteweb.it/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.