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Technological cooperation, R&D outsourcing, and innovation performance at the firm level: The role of the regional context

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Title: Technological cooperation, R&D outsourcing, and innovation performance at the firm level: The role of the regional context
Authors: Tojeiro Rivero, Damián, Moreno Serrano, Rosina
Source: Articles publicats en revistes (Econometria, Estadística i Economia Aplicada)
Publisher Information: Elsevier
Publication Year: 2019
Collection: Dipòsit Digital de la Universitat de Barcelona
Subject Terms: Gestió de la innovació, Economia de la informació, Externalitats (Economia), Gestió de la tecnologia, Innovation management, Knowledge economy, Externalities (Economics), Technology management
Description: Much has been said about the role that technological networking activities play on the innovative performance of firms, but little is known about how the regional context influences the efficiency of such networking activities. In this paper we hypothesize that the transformation of firms' networking activities into innovation may vary depending on the regional environment in which the firm is located. For Spanish manufactures in the period 2000-12 and through the use of a multilevel framework, we obtain that after controlling for the firm's characteristics, the regional context has not only a direct effect on firms' innovation performance, but it also conditions the returns to firms' networking activities, although differently in the case of cooperation and outsourcing. Cooperating in innovation activities is more beneficial for those firms located in a knowledge intensive region, whereas R&D outsourcing seems to be more profitable for firms in regions with a low knowledge pool.
Document Type: article in journal/newspaper
File Description: 11 p.; application/pdf
Language: English
Relation: Versió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2019.04.006; Research Policy, 2019, vol. 48, num. 7, p. 1798-1808; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2019.04.006; https://hdl.handle.net/2445/164645; 691946
Availability: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/164645
Rights: cc-by-nc-nd (c) Elsevier, 2019 ; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es ; info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Accession Number: edsbas.EEFAFB09
Database: BASE
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Abstract:Much has been said about the role that technological networking activities play on the innovative performance of firms, but little is known about how the regional context influences the efficiency of such networking activities. In this paper we hypothesize that the transformation of firms' networking activities into innovation may vary depending on the regional environment in which the firm is located. For Spanish manufactures in the period 2000-12 and through the use of a multilevel framework, we obtain that after controlling for the firm's characteristics, the regional context has not only a direct effect on firms' innovation performance, but it also conditions the returns to firms' networking activities, although differently in the case of cooperation and outsourcing. Cooperating in innovation activities is more beneficial for those firms located in a knowledge intensive region, whereas R&D outsourcing seems to be more profitable for firms in regions with a low knowledge pool.