Research note - Relative risk and innovation activities: The case of Greece

Abstract

In this paper we examine the innovative performance of Greek firms in terms of female participation in research and technological development. We rely on the final results of a research project on women in innovation, technology and science, based on 372 questionnaires selected on a two-year time period (2004-2006). For this reason a number of variables are used, like the total number of women employees by age, education level, firm size and sector, as well as women in product and in process innovations. Other variables like their position in the firm (owner, manager), equality in job enrichment, salary, education-training and promotion are also considered. The collected variables are used in a generalized linear model formulation to evaluate the relative risk associated with them.