为无形的竞争优势编码——绘制瑞典经济中软件开发公司的分布和特征

IF 3.4 3区管理学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Industry and Innovation Pub Date : 2022-08-26 DOI:10.1080/13662716.2022.2112396

M. Andersson, Anna Kusetogullari, Joakim Wernberg

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摘要

摘要软件是数字化的核心，通常被认为在创新和塑造行业和企业竞争中发挥着核心作用。关于跨公司软件开发的范围和性质的研究还很少。我们采用了一项独特的公司级调查，包括瑞典3929家公司，以分析投资软件开发的公司的分布和特征以及投资方向。研究结果证实，软件开发活动存在于大多数行业，但在公司之间分布不均匀。内部软件开发与高科技和知识密集型行业中以创新为导向的大公司有关，通常与跨国公司有关。结果表明，软件开发与研发投资相当，是数字创新的一个例子。这加强了研究软件开发活动的价值，以了解企业如何在数字化经济中投资并建立竞争优势。

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Coding for intangible competitive advantage - mapping the distribution and characteristics of software-developing firms in the Swedish economy

ABSTRACT Software is at the core of digitalisation and is often claimed to play a central role in innovation and in shaping competition across industries and firms. There are yet few studies of the extent and nature of software development across firms. We employ a unique firm-level survey comprising 3,929 firms across Sweden to analyse the distribution and characteristics of firms that invest in software development and the orientation of their investments. The results confirm that software development activities are present in most industries, but heterogeneously distributed across firms. Internal software development is associated with innovation-oriented large firms in high-tech and knowledge-intensive industries, and is often affiliated with MNEs. The results suggest that software development is comparable to R&D investments and constitutes an example of digital innovation. This strengthens the value of studying software development activities to understand how firms invest in and build competitive advantage in the digitalised economy.

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Industry and Innovation Multiple-

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8.10

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7.70%

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期刊介绍： Industry and Innovation is an international refereed journal presenting high-quality original scholarship of the dynamics of industries and innovation. Interdisciplinary in nature, Industry and Innovation is informed by, and contributes in turn to, advancing the theoretical frontier within economics, organization theory, and economic geography. Theoretical issues encompass: •What are the institutional underpinnings for different organizational forms? •How are different industrial structures and institutions related to innovation patterns and economic performance?