RT Journal Article
T1 International collaboration and innovation in professional and technological knowledge-intensive services
A1 Rodríguez Márquez, Alicia
A1 Nieto Sánchez, María Jesús
A1 Santamaría Sánchez, Luis
AB In this paper, we explore the impact of international collaboration on innovation in technological and professional knowledge-intensive business services. We propose that the benefits of international collaboration differ depending on the activity sector and the location of the foreign partner. Specifically, we argue that the nature of knowledge and innovation processes in professional and technological knowledge-intensive business services may explain different effects of international collaboration on innovation performance. Our empirical analysis is based on a large sample of knowledge-intensive business services for the period 2004-2007. We specify two bivariate probit models to test our hypotheses. The results confirm the hypotheses and show that proximity to international partners is more important for professional knowledge-intensive services, while diversity in international collaboration is more important for technological knowledge-intensive services.
PB Taylor & Francis
SN 1366-2716
YR 2018
FD 2018-04-21
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10016/34544
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10016/34544
LA eng
NO This project was funded by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (ECO2015-67296-R, MINECO/FEDER, UE), and the Community of Madrid and the European Social Fund (S2015/HUM-3417, INNCOMCON-CM). Rodríguez thanks Ramón Areces Foundation for financial support.
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