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A Systems View Across Time and Space

Table 7 Innovation performance and characteristics by helix interaction

From: User communities: from nice-to-have to must-have

Firm size

N

Product innovation

Process innovation

Organizational innovation

Marketing innovation

Science-based firms

Highly skilled human capital

Exporting firm

Interaction with user community

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Small

9451

2127

22.51

1633

17.28

1845

19.52

1293

13.68

500

5.29

821

8.69

4870

51.53

1456

15.41

Medium

3509

1212

34.54

985

28.07

1039

29.61

750

21.37

192

5.47

307

8.75

2324

66.23

656

18.69

Large

741

354

47.77

256

34.55

282

38.06

204

27.53

70

9.45

69

9.31

468

63.16

161

21.73

Total

13,701

3693

–

2874

–

3166

–

2247

–

762

–

1197

–

7662

–

2273

–