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En este trabajo, examinamos empíricamente el impacto de la cooperación tecnológica sobre los resultados empresariales. Basándonos en la literatura previa sobre el impacto tecnológico de las colaboraciones y en los trabajos que conectan las capacidades tecnológicas con la consecución de ventajas competitivas sostenibles, argumentamos que los acuerdos de cooperación tecnológica tienen un efecto positivo sobre la consecución de innovaciones en producto y/o proceso, las cuales, a su vez, redundan en unos resultados empresariales superiores. Asimismo, también analizamos el efecto diferencial de tres tipos de colaboraciones, vertical, institucional y horizontal. Nuestros resultados indican que, mientras los resultados innovadores median la relación entre la cooperación institucional y los resultados empresariales, la cooperación vertical tiene tanto un efecto directo como indirecto, mediado por los resultados innovadores, sobre tales resultados empresariales. Finalmente, la cooperación horizontal ejerce un efecto negativo tanto en la consecución de innovaciones como en los resultados empresariales.
Palabras clave:
Cooperación Tecnológica
Resultados Innovadores
Socio Tecnológico
Resultados Empresariales
Abstract
In this paper, we empirically examine the impact of technological cooperation on firm performance. Drawing on previous literature on technological impact of cooperation and also studies that connect technological capabilities with the achievement of sustained competitive advantages, we argue that technological cooperation exerts a positive effect on product and/or process innovations. From this point, we establish that innovative results positively impact on firm performance. We also analyse the differential effect of three types of cooperation, namely vertical, institutional and horizontal cooperation. Our results point out that, while innovation results mediate the relationship between institutional cooperation and firm performance, vertical cooperation has both a direct and indirect effect —mediated by innovation results— on firm performance. Finally, horizontal cooperation exerts a negative effect on innovation results as well as on firm performance.
Key words:
Technological Cooperation
Innovation Results
Technological Partner
Firm Performance
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Los autores agradecen la ayuda financiera del Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología, con el proyecto SEJ2004-08176, y del Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, con el proyecto SEJ2006-01731.
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