Management Research: Volume 17 Issue 4

Guest editorial

Alejandro Bello Pintado, Carlos Bianchi, Teresa García-Marco

Influences of technological attributes on sourcing of manufacturing technologies in developing countries: The case of Peru

Rony Cabrera, Domingo González

As part of a new focus on a better balance of investment in innovation activities in developing countries, this study aims to understand the effects of technological attributes…

Competition, R&D and innovation in Chilean firms

José Pablo Montégu, Carolina Calvo, Julio A. Pertuze

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effect of competition on both innovation inputs and outputs in Chilean firms. More specifically, the authors investigate whether there…

Inter-firm collaborations to make or to buy innovation: Evidence from the rubber and plastics cluster in Uruguay

Pablo Galaso, Adrián Rodríguez Miranda, Santiago Picasso

This paper aims to analyze the relationship between inter-firm collaboration network and the type of innovation strategies that can be followed by firms: buy or make innovation…

Orchestrating absorptive capacity: organizational catalysts of TMT’s influence

Jaider Vega-Jurado, Jana Schmutzler, Liney Manjarrés-Henríquez, Jean Vega-Cárcamo

This study aims to tackle the influence of top management team (TMT), socialization capabilities and their interactions on absorptive capacity (ACAP). Specifically, this paper…

Innovation capabilities and performance of biotechnology firms: Some insights from a national survey in Mexico

Federico Stezano, Ruben Oliver Espinoza

This paper aims to provide empirical evidence regarding the relationship between different capabilities and innovation performances in the biotechnology sector, in the case of…

Innovation obstacles in an emerging high tech sector: The case of precision agriculture in Argentina

Jeremias Lachman, Andrés López

The purpose of this paper is to study the factors that act as innovation obstacles in precision agriculture (PA) technologies in Argentina, one of the world leading exporters of…

Industry-university interaction strategies of large Brazilian pharmaceutical companies

Julia Paranhos, Fernanda Steiner Perin, Eduardo Mercadante, Caroline Soares

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the strategies and organizational forms used by large Brazilian pharmaceutical companies (LBPCs) in interaction with universities for the…

Innovation drivers in Ecuadorian manufacturing

María Engracia Rochina-Barrachina, Jorge Antonio Rodríguez

The purpose of this paper is to study which are the drivers of different types of innovations for manufacturing firms. The considered innovation types are product, process…