The role of foreign technologies and R&D in innovation
processes within catching-up CEE countries

J 2021

The role of foreign technologies and R&D in innovation processes within catching-up CEE countries

PROKOP, Viktor, Jan STEJSKAL, Viktorie KLÍMOVÁ and Vladimír ŽÍTEK

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Original name

The role of foreign technologies and R&D in innovation processes within catching-up CEE countries

Authors

PROKOP, Viktor (203 Czech Republic, guarantor), Jan STEJSKAL (203 Czech Republic), Viktorie KLÍMOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Vladimír ŽÍTEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

PLOS ONE, San Francisco, PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE, 2021, 1932-6203

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Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50202 Applied Economics, Econometrics

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 3.752

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14560/21:00119000

Organization unit

Faculty of Economics and Administration

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250307

UT WoS

000644138300096

Keywords in English

artificial neural-networks; absorptive-capacity; logistic-regression; knowledge spillovers; sensitivity-analysis; radical innovation; empirical-analysis; random forests; black-box; industry

Abstract

V originále

Prior research showed that there is a growing consensus among researchers, which point out a key role of external knowledge sources such as external R&D and technologies in enhancing firms ' innovation. However, firms ' from catching-up Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries have already shown in the past that their innovation models differ from those applied, for example, in Western Europe. This study therefore introduces a novel two-staged model combining artificial neural networks and random forests to reveal the importance of internal and external factors influencing firms ' innovation performance in the case of 3,361 firms from six catching-up CEE countries (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania), by using the World Banks ' Enterprise Survey data from 2019. We confirm the hypothesis that innovators in the catching-up CEE countries depend more on internal knowledge sources and, moreover, that participation in the firms groups represents an important factor of firms ' innovation. Surprisingly, we reject the hypothesis that foreign technologies are a crucial source of external knowledge. This study contributes to the theories of open innovation and absorptive capacity in the context of selected CEE countries and provides several practical implications for firms.

Links

GA20-03037S, research and development project

Name: Návrh dynamického znalostního business modelu založeného na principech otevřených inovací

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

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PROKOP, Viktor, Jan STEJSKAL, Viktorie KLÍMOVÁ and Vladimír ŽÍTEK. The role of foreign technologies and R&D in innovation processes within catching-up CEE countries. PLOS ONE. San Francisco: PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE, 2021, vol. 16, No 4, p. 1-23. ISSN 1932-6203. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250307.

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PROKOP, Viktor, Jan STEJSKAL, Viktorie KLÍMOVÁ and Vladimír ŽÍTEK. The role of foreign technologies and R\&{}D in innovation processes within catching-up CEE countries. \textit{PLOS ONE}. San Francisco: PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE, 2021, vol.~16, No~4, p.~1-23. ISSN~1932-6203. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250307.

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