Persistence of product innovation: comparing breakthrough and incremental product innovation

In this paper we examine whether and to what extent breakthrough and incremental product innovation is persistent at the firm level. Drawing on a panel database created from the Community Innovation Survey (CIS) we find that lagged breakthrough product innovation ‘new to the market’, has a significant and positive influence on firms’ ability to develop current breakthrough innovation, while this is not the case for incremental-product innovation ‘only new to the firm’. Our findings show that the dynamics of innovation persistence differ across types of (product) innovations.

Til publikasjon: https://doi.org/10.1080/09537325.2013.774344, https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4952505 | Publiseringsår: 2013 | Tidsskrift: Technology Analysis & Strategic Management