Title: Different innovation policies for different types of innovative companies? Social implications

Authors: Alicia Mas-Tur; Juan Sapena Bolufer

Addresses: Management Department, Faculty of Economics, Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain ' Instituto de Estudios de la Empresa, Universidad Católica San Vicente Mártir, Valencia, Spain

Abstract: The literature on innovation and entrepreneurship policy has yet to deepen its analysis of Young Innovative Companies (YICs). To fill this gap in the literature, the aim of this study was to provide empirical evidence of the special features of YICs versus the full scope of innovative firms, within the context of innovation policy and social entrepreneurship. We carried out an initial diagnosis of the features that enable access to public innovation programs in the field of innovative companies. This study of innovative firms was then contrasted with analysis of samples comprising YICs. The results of this comparison show that YICs access innovation policies by virtue of their status as innovative firms and not because of their own specific features.

Keywords: young firms; young innovative firms; innovation policy; social entrepreneurship.

DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2016.077425

European Journal of International Management, 2016 Vol.10 No.4, pp.467 - 478

Published online: 30 Jun 2016 *

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