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The Effect of R&D Cooperation on Organizational Innovation: An Empirical Study of Portuguese Enterprises

The Effect of R&D Cooperation on Organizational Innovation: An Empirical Study of Portuguese Enterprises

Lurdes Simao, Mário Franco
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 19
ISBN13: 9781466683488|ISBN10: 1466683481|EISBN13: 9781466683495
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8348-8.ch021
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Simao, Lurdes, and Mário Franco. "The Effect of R&D Cooperation on Organizational Innovation: An Empirical Study of Portuguese Enterprises." Handbook of Research on Global Competitive Advantage through Innovation and Entrepreneurship, edited by Luís M. Carmo Farinha, et al., IGI Global, 2015, pp. 352-370. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8348-8.ch021

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Simao, L. & Franco, M. (2015). The Effect of R&D Cooperation on Organizational Innovation: An Empirical Study of Portuguese Enterprises. In L. Carmo Farinha, J. Ferreira, H. Smith, & S. Bagchi-Sen (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Global Competitive Advantage through Innovation and Entrepreneurship (pp. 352-370). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8348-8.ch021

Chicago

Simao, Lurdes, and Mário Franco. "The Effect of R&D Cooperation on Organizational Innovation: An Empirical Study of Portuguese Enterprises." In Handbook of Research on Global Competitive Advantage through Innovation and Entrepreneurship, edited by Luís M. Carmo Farinha, et al., 352-370. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2015. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8348-8.ch021

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Abstract

The literature on innovation suggests that cooperation in R&D has a very positive effect on the performance of firms' technological innovation, but little is known about its impact on organizational innovation. Thus, this chapter aims to analyze the effect of R&D cooperation on firms' abilities to introduce organizational innovation. A quantitative study was made based on a sample of 5,079 Portuguese firms from the CIS 2010-Community Innovation Survey 2010. The results showed R&D cooperation with clients to be predominant in organizational innovation performance. Cooperation with competitors, universities, and state laboratories has no significant effect. R&D cooperation with other firms within the same group and with suppliers has a significant positive impact on organizational innovation in the workplace. In addition, cooperation with consultants is significant in business practices and external relations. This study contributes to the development of theory on organizational innovation, examining the relationship between R&D cooperation and organizational innovation.

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