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The review of literature confirms the presence of a large body of empirical work on the correlates of firm-level innovation but there is no conceptual framework that ties these correlates together into a coherent whole. The conceptual model provides the basis for developing an analytical framework to understand the role of the drivers and enablers in encouraging innovation. The underlying idea is that the firm does a cost-benefit calculation to make two decisions: (i) whether or not to invest in innovation; (ii) and, if it decides to do so, the level of innovation to be achieved. Based on the cost and benefit analysis of firm level innovation a conceptual model was therefore developed to better understand the links of these correlates to firm level innovation
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Parvin Hosseini, S., Azizi, A. (2020). Firm-Level Innovation: A Conceptual Model to Firm Level Innovation. In: Big Data Approach to Firm Level Innovation in Manufacturing. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6300-3_3
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