Nieto Sánchez, María JesúsSantamaría Sánchez, Luis2011-12-012011-12-012010-01Journal of Small Business Management, Jan 2010, v. 48, n. 1, pp. 44-690047-2778https://hdl.handle.net/10016/12695This paper analyzes how technological collaboration acts as an input to the innovation process and allows small and medium-sized entetprises to bridge the innovation gap with their bigger counterparts. Based on a large longitudinal sample of Spanish manufacturing firms, the results show that though technological collaboration is a useful mechanism for firms of all sizes to improve innovativeness, it is a critical factor for the smallest firms. The impact on this collaboration varies depending on innovation output and type of partner. Specifically, the impact of collaboration in small and medium-sized firms is more significant for product than process innovations. Regarding type of partner, vertical collaboration-with suppliers and clients-has the greatest impact on firm innovativeness, though (his effect is clearer lor medium-sized entetprises than for the smallest firmsapplication/pdfeng©Wiley-BlackwellPequeña y mediana empresaInnovación tecnológicaEspañaresearch articleEmpresa10.1111/j.1540-627X.2009.00286.xopen access44169Journal of Small Business Management48