‘Inequality’ of innovation: skewed distributions and the returns to innovation in Dutch manufacturing
‘Inequality’ of innovation: skewed distributions and the returns to innovation in Dutch manufacturing
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DOI：
10.1080/1043859042000228642
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发表时间：
2005-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Orietta Marsili;Ammon Salter †
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作者：
Orietta Marsili;Ammon Salter †
人们普遍认为，创新的回报是高度倾斜的，也就是说，不是所有的公司都创新，成功的创新者从创新中获得的回报高度集中在少数人手中。本文利用荷兰两次社区创新调查的数据，研究了不同类型创新的创新收益分布特征。研究发现，创新的回报确实是高度倾斜的，但回报的分布是由创新的新颖性程度决定的——创新越新颖，回报的集中度越高。本文还探讨了不同行业背景下的回报分布，发现低技术行业的创新者比高技术行业的创新者具有更高的绩效多样性。
It is a commonly held view that returns to innovation are highly skewed, that is, not all firms innovate, and the returns received from innovation for the firms that are successful innovators are highly concentrated in the hands of the few. Using data from two community innovation surveys for the Netherlands, this article investigates the properties of the distribution of the returns to innovation for different types of innovation. It finds that the returns to innovation are indeed highly skewed, but the distribution of the returns is shaped by the degree of novelty of the innovation – the more novel the innovation, the greater the concentration of the returns. The article also explores the distribution of the returns across different sectoral contexts, finding that low-technology sectors are characterised by higher performance diversity among innovators than high-technology sectors.