Milieux innovateurs : Determinants and policy implications

Authors: Amara, Nabil; Landry, Réjean; Ouimet, Mathieu

Source: European Planning Studies, Volume 13, Number 6, September 2005 , pp. 939-965(27)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

National and regional differences are more and more frequently explained by differences in milieux . This type of explanation raises three questions: Can we identify milieux ? What are the determinants of milieux ? Are there differences between industries in the matter of determinants of milieux ? Most studies on milieux innovateurs are based on case studies and qualitative data. This paper is quantitative and comparative in nature. It attempts to identify milieux and their determinants by using data from the 1999 Statistics Canada Innovation Survey. Based on two synthetic indicators of interactions (weak/strong) and learning (weak/strong), four categories of milieux innovateurs are differentiated which become the dependent variables. In order to see what the determinants of the various milieux innovateurs are and to see in what ways the most favorable milieux innovateurs compare to the others, binomial logit models have been estimated for four industries using the following independent variables: competitive pressures, barriers to knowledge exchange, use of government support, number of employees, collaborative arrangements, R&D activities, regions.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09654310500188753

Affiliations: 1: Department of Management, Faculty of Business, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada

Publication date: 2005-09-01

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