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Title:
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Reviving demand-pull perspectives: The effect of demand uncertainty and stagnancy on R&D strategy
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Author:
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Garcia-Quevedo, Jose; Pellegrino, Gabriele; Savona, Maria
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Other authors:
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Universitat de Barcelona |
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Abstract:
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This paper looks at the effects of demand uncertainty and stagnancy on firms' decisions to engage in R&D activities and the amount of financial effort devoted to these. The paper provides a number of contributions to the innovation literature: first, it adds to the revived debate on demand-pull perspectives in innovation studies by examining demand-related (lack of) incentives to invest in innovation. Second, it complements the literature on barriers to innovation by focusing on demand-related obstacles rather than the more frequently explored financial barriers. Third, it analyses whether experiencing demand barriers is a sector-specific feature. Firms active in high- or low-tech manufacturing or in knowledge-intensive or low-tech services might be more or less dependent on demand conditions when deciding to perform RΔ ... |
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Subject(s):
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-Gestió de la innovació
-Recerca industrial
-Oferta i demanda
-Innovation management
-Industrial research
-Supply and demand |
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Rights:
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(c) García, José, 1963- et al., 2016
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Document type:
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Article
Article - Accepted version |
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Published by:
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Oxford University Press
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