This paper presents the results of a survey administered across 24 countries that examines innovation in manufacturing firms by adopting Hofstede’s national cultural framework. The purpose of this study is to test the validity of the “culture-specific” argument as an explanatory construct for innovation performance in international manufacturing. Data was collected in 2006 as part of the International Manufacturing Strategy Survey IV (IMSS) by relying on a questionnaire addressed to firms classified by ISIC codes (rev.3.1) Divisions 28–35. From the findings it emerges that the “culture specific argument” is a useful explanatory construct for innovation performance.
A cultural perspective of innovation
VECCHI A;
2009
Abstract
This paper presents the results of a survey administered across 24 countries that examines innovation in manufacturing firms by adopting Hofstede’s national cultural framework. The purpose of this study is to test the validity of the “culture-specific” argument as an explanatory construct for innovation performance in international manufacturing. Data was collected in 2006 as part of the International Manufacturing Strategy Survey IV (IMSS) by relying on a questionnaire addressed to firms classified by ISIC codes (rev.3.1) Divisions 28–35. From the findings it emerges that the “culture specific argument” is a useful explanatory construct for innovation performance.I documenti in SFERA sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
