RT Journal Article
T1 The importance of diverse collaborative networks for the novelty of product innovation
A1 Nieto Sánchez, María Jesús
A1 Santamaría Sánchez, Luis
AB Competition today is driving firms to introduce products with a higher degree of novelty. Consequently, there is a growing need tounderstand the critical success factors behind more novel product innovations. This paper theoretically and empirically analyzes the roleof different types of collaborative networks in achieving product innovations and their degree of novelty. Using data from a longitudinalsample of Spanish manufacturing firms, our results show that technological collaborative networks are of crucial importance in achievinga higher degree of novelty in product innovation. Continuity of collaboration and the composition of the collaborative network arehighly significant dimensions. Collaboration with suppliers, clients and research organizations in this order have a positive impact onthe novelty of innovation, while collaboration with competitors has a negative impact. The greatest positive impact on the degree ofinnovation novelty comes from collaborative networks comprising different types of partners
PB Elsevier
SN 0166-4972
YR 2007
FD 2007-06
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10016/12680
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10016/12680
LA eng
DS e-Archivo
RD 1 sept. 2024