RT Journal Article
T1 Perception of innovation in Spain
A1 Gijón Tascón, María Covadonga
A1 Albarrán Lozano, Irene
A1 Molina López, José Manuel
AB Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the innovation perception, in its different aspects, of the Spanish people. To this end, several ordered logit models have been developed to determine the extent to which socio-demographic characteristics and other aspects of innovation affect the perception of innovation.Design/methodology/approach:This paper analyses the perception of individuals about innovation in Spain and the related factors. It uses 2015 and 2018 data on individuals from Spanish surveys. The data include various measures of innovation perception, age, gender, educational level and other socio-economic variables.Findings: The results indicate that people have a better perception of innovation if they are being trained in innovation or have good information and communication technologies skills. Among the main results, there is a gender gap in the perception of innovation, as well as differences in terms of digital skills.Originality/value: To the best of the authors" knowledge, it is the first time of this kind of analysis in this country. The results are linked to the literature, but should nevertheless be taken into account, which is why some policy recommendations are presented below.
PB Emerald
SN 2398-5038
YR 2023
FD 2023-04-25
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10016/39300
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10016/39300
LA eng
NO This work was supported by the private research project of Company MasMovil and the public research projects of the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, and Competitiveness (MINECO), references TEC2017-88048-C2-2-R, RTC-2016-5595-2, RTC-2016-5191-8 and RTC-2016-5059-8
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