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Švarc, J, Lažnjak, J and Dabić, M 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8374-9719,
2019.
Regional innovation culture in innovation laggard: a case of Croatia.
Technology in Society, 58: 101123.
ISSN 0160-791X
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Abstract
The aim of the article is to explore the possible impacts of culture on in-country regional differences in innovation capacities and propensity to entrepreneurship using the Hofstede’s model of national culture. There is a number of studies that proved the profound influence of culture on innovation and entrepreneurship capacities. By contrast to cross-country cultural studies, the cross-regional cultural research on innovation and entrepreneurship within a country, especially in Europe, is an under-researched area. The research is based on national survey data (N= 1000) in Croatia, the country that suffers from weaknesses in innovation and entrepreneurial capacities with great regional development disparities. This suggests it as a good example for exploring regional cultural differences.
The research proved that Croatian regions are culturally heterogonous but the correlation between regional culture and regional entrepreneurship and innovation capacities was not found. Hofstede’s model appeared as having little practical value for strategic management and development and suggest that other factors, presumably more structural than cultural, that mediate poor innovation and entrepreneurship performance should be taken into account. The article contributed to the conceptualization and empirical research of regional innovation culture and provide evidence of the limited explanatory power of Hofstede’s model in explaining regional differences by cultural factors.
| Item Type: | Journal article |
|---|---|
| Publication Title: | Technology in Society |
| Creators: | Švarc, J., Lažnjak, J. and Dabić, M. |
| Publisher: | Pergamon Press |
| Date: | August 2019 |
| Volume: | 58 |
| ISSN: | 0160-791X |
| Identifiers: | Number Type 10.1016/j.techsoc.2019.03.006 DOI S0160791X1930051X Publisher Item Identifier |
| Divisions: | Schools > Nottingham Business School |
| Record created by: | Jonathan Gallacher |
| Date Added: | 21 Jun 2019 15:20 |
| Last Modified: | 31 May 2021 15:05 |
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/36895 |
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