consciously than cluster 1 with respects the intangible resources, cooperation and also
mobility of workers between companies of the region. These factors are more often
evoked to promote territorial innovation and competitiveness in a world each time
marked by the internationalization and globalization and the knowledge based economy.
E- Future attitude with respect to innovation
The future is uncertain and the future of these regions and of these companies depends
inevitably of the attitude with respect to innovation. Relative to the clusters defined
previously, in short-term the groups most involved in innovation are those that project
to innovate. Innovation in product will be preferential. The innovations in process have
the best values in cluster 3. In cluster 2 (less involved in innovation) 75% of companies
projects innovate at organizational level.
Table 4: Future behaviour in innovation (%)
Companies________________ |
Cluster 1 |
Cluster 2 |
Cluster 3 |
Project to Innovate______________ |
58 |
24 |
78 |
Innovation in Product__________ |
54 |
25 |
67 |
Innovation in Process__________ |
30 |
38 |
57 |
Organizational Innovation______ |
50 |
75 |
62 |
Source: Own elaboration
4.2.2- The networks: Cooperation, competition and subcontracting
The networks have been pointed in some studies: Lundvall (1992), Bramanti (1999),
Edquist (1997), OCDE (1997), among others; as an efficient vehicle to promote the
territorial innovation and the competitiveness. The innovation process, in the
contemporary context, emerge of the endogenous capacities and by networks between
the entrepreneurs, as well as between the entrepreneurs and the local institutions as
argue Veltz (1999, p.608), Ferrao (2000, p.37). These networks, according to Camagni
(1991), Planque (1991), Maillat, Quévit and Senn (1993, p.8), among others, have as
main objective to reduce the intrinsic uncertainties to the innovation process. Thus, the
cooperation, facilitates the production and transmission of the knowledge flow,
determines the innovative performance of the companies and influences the territorial
dynamics of innovation.
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