The combined impact of managerial and relational capabilities on innovation in firms |
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Authors: | Rune Dahl Fitjar Martin Gjelsvik |
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Institution: | International Research Institute of Stavanger, Stavanger Centre for Innovation Research , PO Box 8064, N-4068 , Stavanger , Norway |
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Abstract: | In this paper, a survey of more than 1600 firms in the five largest city regions of Norway is described in order to examine how a firm's innovative capacity is affected by three types of factors: factors related to the manager, the structure of the firm and the broader geographical location. By combining perspectives from the fields of management and economic geography in a logistic regression analysis, we find that the two key drivers of firm-level innovation in Norway are the presence of open-minded managers and evidence of collaboration with international partners. Moreover, these two factors are mutually reinforcing, as firms with open-minded managers also tend to engage more with international partners and vice versa. |
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Keywords: | innovation resource-based view managerial capabilities relational capabilities managers' attitudes trust |
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