?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4888%2F&rft.title=Education+and+Innovative+Capabilities&rft.creator=Leiponen%2C+A.&rft.description=This+study+investigates+the+role+of+capabilities%2C+acquired+through+education+and+on+the+job+learning%2C+in+innovation.+It+is+argued+that+education+enhances+learning+and+innovation+because+it+provides+employees+with+communication+and+interaction+skills%2C+and%2C+more+importantly%2C+with+abilities+to+receive%2C+understand+and+utilize+relevant+knowledge%2C+and+solve+problems.+These+dynamic+capabilities+are+one+of+the+sources+of+innovation.+%0D%0A%0D%0AA+dataset+of+333+Finnish+manufacturing+firms+is+used+to+estimate+the+factors+that+influence+the+probability+of+making+product+and+process+innovations%2C+and+incremental+product+improvements.+The+period+of+study+is+1987-91.+The+estimations+suggest+that+competences+and+skills+acquired+through+education+and+work+experience+are+important+for+innovation.+Different+types+of+innovation+turn+out+to+be+affected+by+different+competences.+General+level+of+education+is+important+for+product+innovation.+Technical+skills+are+relevant+for+both+innovation+and+incremental+improvement+of+products%2C+whereas+firm-specific+work+experience+comes+into+play+with+incremental+product+improvements+and+process+innovation.+However%2C+process+innovation+seems+to+be+determined+mainly+by+firm+size%2C+instead+of+competences+or+industry-specific+factors.+This+suggests+that+the+life+cycle+stage+may+be+related+to+the+type+of+innovation+undertaken.+%0D%0A%0D%0AAccording+to+the+estimations+there+are+considerable+lags+involved+with+the+effects+of+competences+on+innovation.+However%2C+longer+time+series+would+be+needed+to+evaluate+the+underlying+dynamics+properly.&rft.publisher=WP-96-140&rft.date=1996-12&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4888%2F1%2FWP-96-140.pdf&rft.identifier=++Leiponen%2C+A.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F1411.html%3E++(1996).++Education+and+Innovative+Capabilities.+++IIASA+Working+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+WP-96-140+++++