Institutions, resources and innovation in East Africa: A firm level approach

被引：173

作者：

Barasa, Laura ^{[1
,2
]}

Knoben, Joris ^{[2
]}

Vermeulen, Patrick ^{[2
]}

Kimuyu, Peter ^{[1
]}

Kinyanjui, Bethuel ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Nairobi, Sch Econ, POB 30197, Nairobi, Kenya

[2] Radboud Univ Nijmegen, Inst Management Res, POB 9108, NL-6500 HIC Nijmegen, Netherlands

来源：

RESEARCH POLICY | 2017年 / 46卷 / 01期

关键词：

Firm-level resources; Regional institutional quality; Innovation; East Africa; Multilevel logistic model; RESEARCH-AND-DEVELOPMENT; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; DEVELOPING-COUNTRIES; PRODUCT INNOVATION; ABSORPTIVE-CAPACITY; MANUFACTURING FIRMS; CREATE VALUE; FACES; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; PERFORMANCE;

D O I：

10.1016/j.respol.2016.11.008

中图分类号：

C93 [管理学];

学科分类号：

12 ; 1201 ; 1202 ; 120202 ;

摘要：

This study examines how firm-level resources interact with regional institutional quality to explain innovation in East Africa. We hypothesize that the institutional environment within which the firm operates moderates the effect of firm-level resources on innovative output. We examine the moderating role of institutions with regards to the transformation of firm-level resources including internal research and development, human capital and managerial experience into innovative output using firm-level data from the World Bank Enterprise Survey and the Innovation Follow-up Survey for three countries in East Africa including Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. We test our hypotheses using a clustered robust standard errors logistic model. We find that the effects of firm-level resources vary depending on the institutional environment and that regional institutional quality positively moderates the effects of firm-level resources. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.

引用

页码：280 / 291

页数：12

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