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Title Innovation performance and embeddedness in networks : evidence from the Ethiopian footwear cluster
Full text http://arno.unimaas.nl/show.cgi?fid=23549
Date 2011
Author(s) Gebreeyesus, Mulu; Mohnen, Pierre
Abstract This study focuses on innovation in a cluster of informal shoemaking firms in Ethiopia – namely the Mercato footwear cluster. It examines how differently those firms are embedded in networks and how heterogeneous they are in absorptive capacity, and how this heterogeneity affects their innovation performance. Business interactions with buyers, suppliers and other producers are the major channels through which knowledge flows into the cluster. Based on econometric analysis we document a positive and strong effect of local network position and absorptive capacity on innovation performance
Publisher UNU-MERIT
Type of publication Research paper
Format application/pdf
Source UNU-MERIT working paper series ; 2011-043, ISSN 1871-9872 ; vol.2011-043
Rights UNU-MERIT, 2011
Repository Maastricht - University of Maastricht
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