Examinando por Materia "Absorptive capacity"

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Absorptive capacity and innovation in low-tech companies in emerging economies
(Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y Negocios, 2018-08-02) Del Carpio, Javier Fernando; Miralles Torner, Francesc
Innovation capacity is on the focus of policy makers in emerging economies. Although some studies show the antecedents of innovation capacity for developed economies and high technological industries, scant research outcomes exist for different settings. This study tries to shed some light on the drivers of innovation capacity for low technological companies in emerging economies. Using the absorptive capacity as a driver of technological and non-technological innovation capacity, this study proposes a SEM model to contribute to the literature of innovation capacity including technological and non-technological innovation, and the relationship between them, in low-techonology industries in an emerging economy. A sample of 706 manufacturing companies from Peru is used. The academic contribution of this study states that absorptive capacity favors technological and non-technological innovation capacity and that non-technological innovation affects technological one. Accordingly, managerial contribution suggests improving absorptive capacity levels to internal R&D activities but also to organizational and marketing innovation activities.
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Analyzing technological innovation in low and medium-low tech peruvian manufacturing companies
(Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2019-06-13) Del Carpio Gallegos, Javier Fernando; Miralles, Francesc
Greater attention should be given to low- and medium-low- tech companies in emerging countries because they contribute a significant share of GDP and employment in their economies. However, innovation practices of these companies have not taken yet the attention of innovation scholars. This article proposes a model to study how absorptive capacity, perceived impact of information sources and expenditure in acquisition of technology are associated with technological innovation practices in Peruvian low- and medium-low-tech manufacturing companies. A sample of 856 manufacturing companies of low- and medium-low- tech was obtained from the first National Survey of Innovation in the Manufacturing Industry carried out in 2012. A SEM model is proposed and has been analyzed using a partial least squares approach. Our study reveals that absorptive capacity is associated to improve technological innovation, that perceived impact of information sources are important for absorptive capacity and that greater importance should be given to the acquisition of technology: machinery, hardware and software.
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Critical factors for innovative work behaviour in Latin American firms: test of an exploratory model
(Taylor & Francis, 2020-08-31) Contreras, Francoise; Juarez, Fernando; Cuero Acosta, Yonni Angel; Dornberger, Utz; Soria-Barreto, Karla; Corrales-Estrada, Martha; Ramos-Garza, Claudia; Steizel, Sebastian; Portalanza, Alexandra; Jauregui, Kety; Iwashita da Silva, Luciana; Yshikawa Salusse, Marcus Alexandre
The aim of this study is to examine how transformational and transactional leaders, boost the employees’ innovative work behaviour, directly or through work engagement, organizational climate for innovation and absorptive capacity in Latin American firms. A non-random sample of 1429 employees was used who had been working at least one year in the current company. The sample, composed of workers from different industries, was collected in postgraduate programs of business schools from seven Latin American countries. A multi-group structural equation model was built with the involved variables, which adopted two different conditions: i.e., unconstrained and constrained questionnaire measurement weights. According to the results, leadership by itself is insufficient to promote employees innovative work behaviour. Transformational and transactional leadership exert effect on this behaviour only through absorptive capacity and work engagement respectively. Likewise, absorptive capacity and employee work engagement show direct effects on innovative work behaviour. Additionally, organizational climate for innovation shows a significant moderating effect on the all relationships included in the model. Despite the cultural differences, the two-condition model yielded the same effect in each country, which indicates the validity of a general model of innovative work behaviour for the whole region supporting the common identity of this region. As a conclusion, leadership practices are needed to encourage innovative work behaviour within the Latin American organizational context, however some individual (engagement) and organizational (absorptive capacity) conditions are also needed to ensure this effect. Implications for human resources management are discussed.
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Impact of absorptive capacity and ambidexterity on innovation
(Universidad Autónoma del Caribe, 2021-04-30) Del Carpio Gallegos, Javier Fernando; Miralles, Francesc; Soria Gomez, Eduardo Javier
This study attempts to design an approach showing how absorptive capacity and ambidexterity are related to technological innovation in Peruvian manufacturing firms. A structural equation model is proposed. The sample is made up of 783 manufacturing firms. It was found that although Peruvian manufacturing firms invest little money in research and development, they are capable of developing dynamic capabilities, such as absorptive capacity and ambidexterity in order to better carry out technological innovation.
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Impact of open innovation in Peruvian food firms
(Universidad del Valle, 2022-02-01) Del Carpio Gallegos, Javier Fernando
Food firms are an important part of Latin American economies, and they face an increasingly competitive context due to their customers’ demands. For this reason, the main objective of this study is to empirically verify how inbound open innovation and absorptive capacity have a positive influence on technological innovations in Peruvian food firms. A model was designed that shows the relationship between the constructs, and it is based on a sample of 111 food firms that participated in the third national innovation survey of the manufacturing industry and knowledge-intensive service firms carried out in 2018. The present study contributes to the literature in the following two ways: First, it contributes to the research of the food industry, which is an industry representative of low-tech intensity industries that lack research; second, it aims to deepen the knowledge about the positive influence of open innovation and absorptive capacity on food firms’ technological innovation capability. As a result, this study has empirically verified how the implementation of inbound open innovation and absorptive capacity improve the technological innovation capability of Peruvian food firms.
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Organizational Innovation and Tech Innovation Persistence
(Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y Negocios, 2020-11-05) Del Carpio, Javier Fernando; Salvador Durand, Aurora; Soria Gomez, Eduardo
In developing economies, little is invested in research and development. Therefore, it is proposed that lower-tech firms develop their absorptive capacity and be linked through market and institutional networks to achieve technological innovation persistence. This study uses a multinomial logistics model applied to a sample of Peruvian manufacturing firms, concluding that there is an impact on product and process innovation persistence. Thus, executives can emphasize organizational innovation and absorptive capacity as means to achieve product innovation in developing countries. Moreover, firms should to prioritize the relationships with the market and institutions to achieve a better good or service.