Mais do que relação universidade empresa: uma análise das fontes de conhecimento especializado para inovação na Argentina, a partir de microdados

Abstract

The complexity of the innovation process requires firms to collaborate with a group of public and private institutions, as well as other firms, which are outside of its organization to build and use expertise inherent to this process. Using an ordered probit model and microdata of nearly 4,000 Argentine firms, this paper aims to study the relationship between the key characteristics of firms in the industrial sector of a developing country and the network of specialized knowledge providers with which it relates. The results show that the firm’s level of openness, its absorption capacity, the engaging in the development of high impact innovations, how multinational subsidiaries firms interact with its parent company and the operation in export markets are determinants to the network formed by Argentine firms in their innovation processes.