National culture as a determinant of firms’ innovative performance

Meda  Andrijauskiene; Daiva  Dumciuviene

doi:10.23762/FSO_VOL6NO1_18_1

Published : 2018-03-14

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2018)

National culture as a determinant of firms’ innovative performance

Meda Andrijauskiene

Daiva Dumciuviene

DOI: https://doi.org/10.23762/FSO_VOL6NO1_18_1

Abstract

General innovation performance of the EU is improving, yet progress is too slow and performance gaps still remain wide within European Union. Therefore, there is a growing interest in circumstances which influence this situation. In their previous research, the authors of this paper have already proved that cultural diversity affect the innovative capacity of societies, hence the goal of thisstudy was to explore how important, in the context of other determinants of firms‘ innovative performance, are socio-cultural determinants. The results revealed that they are less relevant than technological and economic determinants but affirmed to be more significant than political, legal and ecological ones. In order to reach the conclusions, a review of scientific literature, comparative judgement of EU performance and correlation analysis were used.

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EU, innovation, culture, firm‘s performance

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Andrijauskiene, M. ., & Dumciuviene , D. . (2018). National culture as a determinant of firms’ innovative performance. Forum Scientiae Oeconomia, 6(1), 48–67. https://doi.org/10.23762/FSO_VOL6NO1_18_1

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Meda Andrijauskiene

meda.andrijauskiene@ktu.lt

Affiliation:

Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania Lithuania

Bio Statement (e.g., department and rank)

Meda Andrijauskiene is currently working in the field of evaluation of national innovation performance. She owns a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and a double Master’s Degree in Project Management. At present, Meda Andrijauskiene is a PhD candidate in Economics at kaunas University of Technology. She is the author and co-author of 12 scientific papers and her scientific interests are mainly related to EU development, project management, innovation and socio-economic impact of EU funds.

Daiva Dumciuviene

daiva.dumciuviene@ktu.lt

Affiliation:

Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania Lithuania

Bio Statement (e.g., department and rank)

Daiva Dumciuviene, Phd is a professor at the School of Economics and Business, Kaunas University of Technology. Giving lectures and participating in numerous international projects, prof. Daiva Dumciuviene has paid a special attention to the issues of European Integration Economics, European Competitiveness and Cohesion Economics, Energy Saving Policy, the impact of Education Policy to Economic Growth. Daiva Dumciuviene is also a chair of the Doctoral Studies Committee in Economics.