A cross-country approach on the drivers of success in international R&D networks

  1. Brandão Fischer (Centro Universitário Unifafibe), Bruno 1
  2. Molero Zayas (Instituto Complutense de Estudios Internacionales), José 1
  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

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Revista:
Revista de Estudios Empresariales. Segunda época

ISSN: 1988-9046

Año de publicación: 2013

Número: 1

Páginas: 112-132

Tipo: Artículo

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Resumen

La innovación es una actividad que presenta características crecientemente internacionales. Una estrategia de fundamental importancia en este escenario es la cooperación internacional en I+D. Sin embargo, las relaciones entre agentes de distintos países añaden complejidad a los procesos gerenciales, lo que pone de manifiesto la necesidad de mejores estructuras de coordinación entre las empresas debido a la presencia de costes de transacción adicionales (idioma, contexto institucional, etc.). La propuesta del artículo se define en identificar los factores determinantes de los logros empresariales basados en tres dimensiones: Microeconómica, Contextual y Macroeconómica. La estrategia metodológica para abordar estos temas está basada en la construcción de modelos regresivos logísticos, buscando verificar los determinantes de éxito en términos tecnológicos y mercadológicos (obtenidos y esperados). Datos para los análisis provienen de los cuestionarios de fin de proyecto del Programa Eureka (2000-2005) para empresas de España, Italia, Francia, Reino Unido y Alemania. Los resultados indican la importancia fundamental de la Dimensión Contextual. El Sistema Nacional de Innovación tiene una relevancia marginal (Dimensión Macroeconómica) así como las características de las empresas.  

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