@techreport{4150bffe83654b51a7e9dca9abca5846,
title = "Institutions, Resources and Innovation in Developng Countries: A Firm Level Approach ",
abstract = "This study examines how firm-level resources interact with regional institutional quality to explain innovation in developing countries. We hypothesize that the institutional environment within which the firm operates moderates the effect of firm-level resources on innovative output. We examine the moderating role of institutions with regards to the transformation of firm-level resources including internal research and development, employee level of education and quality certification into innovative output using firm-level data from the World Bank Enterprise Survey and the Innovation Follow-up Survey that includes the innovation module for the years 2010 through 2012. We test our hypotheses using a multilevel logistic model. We find that the effects of firm-level resources vary depending on the institutional environment and that regional institutional quality positively moderates the effects of the firm-level resources. The positive effects of internal research and development on innovative output are substantially reinforced by regional institutional quality.",
keywords = "firm-level resources, regional institutional quality, innovative output, developing countries, multilevel logistic model",
author = "L. Barasa and P. Kimuyu and P.A.M. Vermeulen and J. Knoben and B. Kinyanjui",
year = "2014",
month = dec,
language = "English",
series = "DFID Working Paper",
publisher = "Tilburg University",
type = "WorkingPaper",
institution = "Tilburg University",
}