Firms’ motivations for cooperative R&amp;D: an empirical analysis of Spanish firms

Bayona, Cristina; García‐Marco, Teresa; Huerta, Emilio

doi:10.1016/s0048-7333(00)00151-7

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“…R&D may be more related to cooperation in more advanced countries while internal resources of the focal firm matter less for cooperation in less advanced countries; in those countries, the company may use cooperation for innovation as a substitute (Shrolec, 2011). Analyses for Belgium, Canada and Spain have found complementarities between internal R&D and cooperation for innovation (Bayona et al, 2001;Beneito, 2006;Cassiman and Veugelers, 2006;Schmidt, 2007;Segarra-Blasco and Arauzo-Carod, 2008). However, other studies find complementarities or substitution effects in some specific sectors or concerning some types of partners, and not others (Carboni, 2010;Miotti and Sachwald, 2003;Molero et al, 2009).…”

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Foreign Subsidiaries and Technology Sourcing in Spain

Holl

Rama

2014

Industry and Innovation

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Abstract. Firms acquire external technological knowledge via different channels. In this paper we compare the technology sourcing via R&D outsourcing, R&D outsource offshoring, domestic cooperation for innovation and international cooperation for innovation of foreign subsidiaries and domestic firms. Because the different technology sourcing choices are potentially correlated we apply a multivariate probit specification which allows for systematic correlations among the different choices. The results show that the different technology sourcing choices are indeed interdependent and that foreign subsidiaries show a different pattern of external technology sourcing. Compared to affiliated domestic companies, foreign subsidiaries show a smaller propensity for external technology sourcing via R&D outsourcing from independent firms in the host country, for R&D outsource offshoring, and for international cooperation for innovation. In contrast, foreign subsidiaries show a greater propensity for domestic cooperation for innovation.

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Foreign Subsidiaries and Technology Sourcing in Spain

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Rama

2014

Industry and Innovation

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“…Some studies consider the first variable to be a critical element, modifying the incentives of Spanish manufacturing companies engaged in R&D activities (Bayona et al, 2001). The second variable seeks to characterize differences in trade policy and institutional characteristics that may affect the incentives of firms to supply their products to varied markets (regions).…”

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The Antecedents and Innovation Consequences of Organizational Search: Empirical Evidence for Spain

Lucena

2009

SSRN Journal

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This paper examines the antecedents and innovation consequences of the methods firms adopt in organizing their search strategies. From a theoretical perspective, organizational search is described using a typology that shows how firms implement exploration and exploitation search activities that span their organizational boundaries. This typology includes three models of implementation: ambidextrous, specialized, and diversified implementation. From an empirical perspective, the paper examines the performance consequences when applying these models, and compares their capacity to produce complementarities. Additionally, since firms' choices in matters of organizational search are viewed as endogenous variables, the paper examines the drivers affecting them and identifies the importance of firms' absorptive capacity and diversified technological opportunities in determining these choices. The empirical design of the paper draws on new data for manufacturing firms in Spain, surveyed between 2003 and 2006.

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“…The capacity of firms to take advantage of knowledge generated elsewhere has a positive effect on the probability of being a successful innovator and is positively associated with the decision to undertake formal research collaboration with other firms and institutions (Abramovsky et al, 2005;Bayona et al, 2001 2 ). Per se the effect on the cooperation decision is unclear, however, since higher absorptive capacity can make a firm less likely to cooperate because it can obtain access to external knowledge without cooperating.…”

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