The paper contributes to the on-going discussion on innovation sources and innovation systems in literature. Primary data was collected from mining companies in six states in Nigeria. One hundred and fifty mining companies in the six states-being all companies with mineral title were purposively selected for the study administering a questionnaire per company. However, only one hundred and six questionnaire were completed with accuracy and found useful for analysis. Three models were used to address the study’s objectives: For models one and two, binary logistic regression maximum likelihood method was used to determine the impact of information sources on innovation outputs technological and non-technological innovations while in model three, multi-linear regression ordinary least square method was used to determine the impact of innovation output on financial performance in the mining companies.
information sources technological innovation non-technological innovation performance.
Birincil Dil | Türkçe |
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Bölüm | Research Article |
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Yayımlanma Tarihi | 1 Aralık 2017 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2017 Cilt: 6 Sayı: 2 |