Open AccessAnalyzing the Medium-Low and Low- Technology Firms’ Innovative Behavior in an Emerging Economy
Author(s) -
Javier Fernando Del Carpio Gallegos,
Francesc Miralles,
Eduardo Javier Soria Gómez
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
revista perspectiva empresarial
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2389-8194
pISSN - 2389-8186
DOI - 10.16967/23898186.683
Subject(s) - absorption capacity , sample (material) , structural equation modeling , industrial organization , business , r&d intensity , technological change , intensity (physics) , manufacturing , marketing , economics , computer science , engineering , management , macroeconomics , chromatography , quantum mechanics , machine learning , chemical engineering , chemistry , physics
Objective. Design a model that shows what factors favor the development of technological innovation in manufacturing companies of medium-low and low technological intensity. Methodology. A sample of 1106 manufacturing companies that participated in the innovation surveys in 2012 and 2015 was used, applying the partial structural equations approach and estimating the invariance between the two groups. Results. The results of this study from the structural model, which allow obtaining the positive and statistically significant coefficients, which allow empirically validating the hypotheses. Conclusions. It was evidenced that non-technological innovation, absorption capacity and technologicalacquisition favor technological innovation in companies with low technological intensity.This article confirms that manufacturing companies should guide efforts to improve their capacity for innovation.