DETERMINANTS OF INNOVATION IN EUROPEAN CONSTRUCTION FIRMS
基于欧盟委员会电子商务调查数据，研究了欧洲建筑行业中小企业中流程创新和产品创新的决定因素，发现供应商和业务增长是主要推动力，且面向国际市场的企业创新更多。
The research aims to identify the determinants of process and product innovation in a traditional and low-tech sector, supported in micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), specifically European Construction Sector. The study uses micro data from the e-Business Survey of the European Commission. The dependent variables studied are binary (presence or absence of process or/and product innovation). The explanatory variables considered are: suppliers, clients, market orientation, turnover growth and size. In addition, some national context variables – GDP per capita and R&D weight in GDP – are also tested. The results show that the sector of construction innovates, and the factors that contribute more to this innovation are suppliers and growth of business. It is also concluded that firm size is more relevant for process innovation than for product innovation, and companies that are guided by international markets innovate more than those that focus on local and regional markets.