Abstracts
Résumé
Cet article vise à analyser les dynamiques innovatrices des PMI françaises à partir d’une étude de données individuelles d’entreprises. On montre que les petites firmes sont rarement plus innovatrices que les grandes, mais que leur comportement reste largement comparable à celui de ces dernières quand elles sont innovantes. Par ailleurs, les PMI innovatrices sont rarement des leaders en matière d’innovation et se caractérisent par une plus grande turbulence dans le domaine de l’activité de R-D.
Mots-clés :
- Innovation,
- R-D,
- PMI,
- France,
- Taille des firmes,
- Types d'innovation,
- Sources de l'innovation,
- Intensité de la R-D,
- Innovation sectorielle
Abstract
The main goal of this paper is to analyse the innovative behavior of the French SMEs, on the basis of an applied study rested upon desagregated datas. It is shown that small firms have a lower level of technological intensity than large ones but also that the innovative behavior of the French firms is not linked to their size. The study reveals too that innovative SMEs rarely perform as leaders in terms of innovation on their market but may be characterized by a greater turbulence in their R-D activities.
Resumen
Este articulo tiene por objectivo de analizar las dinamicas inovadoras de las PyMI francesas a partir de un estudio de los datos individuales de las empresas. Se demuestra que las pequenas firmas son raramente mas inovadoras que las grandes pero que el comportamiento de estas quida ampliamente comparable a el de las ultimas cuando son inovantes. Ademas las PyMI inovadoras son exepcionalmente lideres en tema de inovacion. Se caracterizan por una major turbulencia en lo que toca la actividad de R-D.
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