The Cluster is Not Flat. Uneven Impacts of Brokerage Roles on the Innovative Performance of Firms | Zendy

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The Cluster is Not Flat. Uneven Impacts of Brokerage Roles on the Innovative Performance of Firms

Author(s) -

Martínez-Cháfer Luís,

Molina-Morales F. Xavier,

Peiró-Palomino Jesús

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

business research quarterly

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.995

H-Index - 26

eISSN - 2340-9444

pISSN - 2340-9436

DOI - 10.1016/j.brq.2017.12.002

Subject(s) - absorptive capacity , business , industrial organization , cluster (spacecraft) , tile , quantile regression , marketing , knowledge management , economics , computer science , econometrics , art , visual arts , programming language

This paper investigates whether and to what extent individual firms improve their innovation from behaving as brokers connecting other actors in the Spanish ceramic tile cluster. The effects of the brokerage roles are analyzed for different innovation levels by means of quantile regressions. Finally, we speculate about the indirect and interactive effects of the distinct individual organization attributes and these benefits. Results show that brokerage activities unevenly influence the broker's innovative performance. In addition, the intensity of the impact varies for different innovation levels and the firm's absorptive capacity moderate the final effect of acting as a broker.

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