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Innovation through Collaboration

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  • Jacek Lewkowicz

    (University of Warsaw, Faculty of Economic Sciences)

  • Anna Lewczuk

    (University of Warsaw, Faculty of Economic Sciences)

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What types of market cooperation are essential for developing innovations? Is collaboration with other enterprises, clients or competitors worth it? Actual research and public debate reveal the range of the issue, whereas the subject of policies motivating private entities to create innovations is key for the national and international programs for boosting innovativeness of economies. The aim of the paper is to review the sphere of relevance of different types of market collaboration for innovativeness and to verify as well as compare their importance in European countries empirically, by applying econometric techniques. The results suggest the positive effect of cooperation on various kinds of innovation activities.

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  • Jacek Lewkowicz & Anna Lewczuk, 2022. "Innovation through Collaboration," Journal of Economics / Ekonomicky casopis, Institute of Economic Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, vol. 70(1), pages 36-56, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sav:journl:v:70:y:2022:i:1:p:36-56
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    Keywords

    innovations; market cooperation; innovation strategy; innovation policy;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • D22 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D

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