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The diffusion/adoption of innovation in the internal market - Jordi Suriñach, Corinne Autant-Bernard, Fabio Manca, Nadine Massard and Rosina Moreno
Author(s): Jordi Suriñach (1) , Corinne Autant-Bernard (2) , Fabio Manca (1) , Nadine Massard (2) , Rosina Moreno (1) (1) Anàlisi Quantitativa Regional-IREA (AQR-IREA) – Universitat de Barcelona (2) Centre de Recherches Economiques de l'Université De Saint-Etienne (CREUSET)
The diffusion/adoption of innovation in the internal market - Jordi Suriñach, Corinne Autant-Bernard, Fabio Manca, Nadine Massard and Rosina Moreno 
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The main aim of the present study is to analyze the drivers of innovation adoption by (i) developing proper measures able to proxy for innovation adoption and internal market regulations, (ii) identifying the channels through which innovation adoption takes place and (iii) assessing the main determinants of this adoption process within the internal market.
An original model is derived from the theoretical literature on innovation diffusion. Results show that the impact of the transmission channels on innovation adoption is especially important for cooperation, leaving trade and competition as apparently minor channels of innovation diffusion (and especially depending on the type of innovation adoption under examination).
The overall result argues that more cooperation across firms and countries is going to be beneficial to the process of innovation adoption.
JEL classification:L2, L6
doi:10.2765/40088
(European Economy. Economic Papers 384. September 2009.
Brussels. PDF. 340pp. Tab. Graph. Ann. Bibliogr. Free.)
| KC-AI-09-384-EN-N (online) | |
| ISBN 978-92-79-11195-2 (online) | |
| ISSN 1725-3187 (online)
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