INNOVATION INTENSITY WITHIN AN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT IN TUNIS: AN ECONOMETRIC STUDY OF RADICAL AND INCREMENTAL INNOVATION DETERMINANTS
INNOVATION INTENSITY WITHIN AN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT IN TUNIS: AN ECONOMETRIC STUDY OF RADICAL AND INCREMENTAL INNOVATION DETERMINANTS

Summary/Abstract: This paper aims to analyze the proximity effect on innovation intensity conducted by Co-located firms in Tunisia. From the work of economics proximity and neo institutionalisms, we recall theoretical arguments of proximity effects on radical and incremental innovation in conglomerated firms. Regression logistic results performed by a survey with 44 ICT Co-located firms within an industrial district in Tunis shows that proximity has a positive and favorable effect on technological innovation intensity. In addition, results from empirical analyze confirm that the determinants are different between radical and incremental innovation. In fact, radical innovation is explained essentially by R&D activities as well as cognitive and organizational factors. In contrast incremental innovation is explained mainly by social factors and skilled workers

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