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Technological cooperation, R&D outsourcing, and innovation performance at the firm level: The role of the regional context
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Much has been said about the role that technological networking activities play on the innovative performance of firms, but little is known about how the regional context influences the efficiency of such networking activities. In this paper we hypothesize that the transformation of firms' networking activities into innovation may vary depending on the regional environment in which the firm is located. For Spanish manufactures in the period 2000-12 and through the use of a multilevel framework, we obtain that after controlling for the firm's characteristics, the regional context has not only a direct effect on firms' innovation performance, but it also conditions the returns to firms' networking activities, although differently in the case of cooperation and outsourcing. Cooperating in innovation activities is more beneficial for those firms located in a knowledge intensive region, whereas R&D outsourcing seems to be more profitable for firms in regions with a low knowledge pool.
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TOJEIRO RIVERO, Damián and MORENO SERRANO, Rosina. Technological cooperation, R&D outsourcing, and innovation performance at the firm level: The role of the regional context. Research Policy. 2019. Vol. 48, num. 7, pags. 1798-1808. ISSN 0048-7333. [consulted: 10 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/164645