Determinants of cooperation with institutional partners and innovation - performance of Polish manufacturing enterprises. Research outcomes
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The aim of this paper is to assess of the influence of institutional
cooperation (with research institutes and universities) on the innovation
performance of companies as well as determinants of such cooperation. The
analysis was based on data from the Polish version of the Community
Innovation Survey (CIS) for 2008-2010. The sample consists of 7783
medium-sized and large manufacturing enterprises from sections C to E.
Based on the results of a structural equation model it has been concluded that
there is a statistically significant relation between institutional cooperation
and innovation performance of the researched companies,
as well as (in the case of cooperation with Polish companies) in the
introduction of product innovations new for the country, Europe or the world.
The analysis of critical values between parameters enables the establishment
of a hierarchy of company features which determines such cooperation. These
include the system of employee incentives for the creation of intellectual
property, company size and own R&D -department. The application of the
employee incentive system better explains the decision to establish
cooperation with Polish companies than with foreign ones. However a feature
which is not institutional cooperation friendly
is belonging to a larger group of companies. Key words: institutional
cooperation, innovation -performance, Polish CIS, Poland
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