Innovation types in the Finnish maritime cluster

摘要: The Finnish maritime cluster is an important sector of Finland's economy. However, literature on innovative activities within the limited. This article focuses shipbuilding and marine industry firms. Several innovation types are identified. These analyzed according to general characteristics data from a survey 148 companies; most variables ordinal scale with standard statistical methods. Considering significance past technological achievements results indicate surprisingly low radical related-activity attitudes towards it. As well, provide no evidence support previous research, suggesting that produces more organizational than innovations. innovativeness firms varies distinct such as size, intensity in-house collaborative RD innovations concerning environmental efficiency raised future area development.