Barriers and Limitations in the Development of Industrial Innovation in the Region



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Table 3: Barrier and limitation factors: ranking according to the mean scores of the level of importance in the Traditional Industry

Barrier and limitation factors to innovation

Rank

Mean
Score

S.D

% of firms indicating the limitation
factor as very significant or crucial

Mann-Whitney Test

Total
firms

Firms in
Metropolitan

Firms in
Periphery

U

Z

Prohibitive costs_______________________________

1

3.08

1.37

44.8

50.0

39.7

1735.0

-1.101

excessive perceived risk_____________________

2

3.02

1.47

40.8

37.1

44.4

1742.5

-1.063

Lack of suffcient financial resources__________

3

2.98

1.55

42.4

46.8

38.1

1860.0

-0.470

Long return on investment___________________

4

2.96

1.35

37.6

42.0

33.3

1733.5

-1.109

lack of skilled personnel_______________________

5

2.87

1.38

37.1

31.1

42.9

1516.0

-2.075*

Lack of information on market opportunity

6

2.31

1.28

18.6

19.7

17.4

1914.5

-0.036

Lack of technological knowledge_____________

7

2.10

1.14

13.6

11.3

15.9

1742.5

-1.090

Lack of market consumption________________

8

2.06

1.24

14.9

21.3

12.7

1575.5

-1.850**

Uncertainty in timing of innovation_____________

9

2.04

1.19

10.5

13.1

8.0

1886.0

-0.188

Lack of opportunities for cooperation with
other firms___________________________________

10

1.97

1.08

11.4

15.0

7.9

1862.5

-0.148

Lack of R&D services______________________

11

1.93

1.18

13.6

14.6     '

12.7    '

1656.0

-1.589

Innovation control difficulties___________________

12

1.87

1.07

10.5

8.2

12.7

1747.5

-0.939

Legislation, norms, regulations, standards,
taxation________________________________________

13

1.80

1.26

12.9

18.0

7.9

1575.0

-2.004*

Deficiencies in the availability of external
technical services____________________________

14

1.71

0.97

6.4

3.2

9.5

1494.0

-2.391*

Lack of technological opportunities___________

15

1.70

1.07

10.5

6.5     '

14.3    '

1845.5

-0.438

Resistance to change in the enterprise_______

16

1.65

1.03

8.9

3.3

14.3

1368.5

-3.210*

No need to innovate due to earlier innovations

17

1.47

0.85

4.0

6.5

11.1

1913.5

-0.500

Total number of observation 125. Number of observation in metropolitan area = 62, in periphery = 63.
* Significant at the 5% level. ** Significant at the 10% level.



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