This paper analyses the link between technological regimes and persistence in innovation
at the firm level. It reviews the literature on persistence of innovation, measurement issues …

This paper is divided into two parts. The first part is an examination of the OECD
classification of industries into high, medium and low technology industries, to look at the …

Evidence on the persistence of innovation sheds light on the nature of the innovation
process and can guide appropriate policy development. This paper examines innovation …

Our understanding of innovation has changed: where once it was understood to be largely
the result of scientific research and development, it is now seen more widely to include …

Organizational innovation favors technological innovation, but does it also influence
persistence in technological innovation? This paper empirically investigates the pattern of …

This paper advances current research on the persistence of innovation drawing on a panel
data set constructed from three waves of the German part of the Community Innovation …

This paper sets out to address a gap in the empirical literature on the importance of 'low-
capability'innovation for firms. The study is framed around discussion of the conceptual bias …

Early data gathering relied on indirect input measures, such as R&D spending, but following
the development of the OECD's Oslo Manual, a more sophisticated set of direct (output) …

This paper examines the persistence of innovation behaviour at the firm level (in the
manufacturing and services sectors). We attempt to answer the question of whether being …

This paper (which is preliminary and reports work in progress) draws on the UK's version of
the 3rd European Community Innovation Survey (CIS-3) to investigate the contribution of the …