| Publicación: |
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia de l'Empresa 2010 |
| Descripción: |
53 p. |
| Resumen: |
We develop a mediation model in which firm size is proposed to affect the scale and quality of innovative output through the adoption of different decision styles during the R&D process. The aim of this study is to understand how the internal changes that firms undergo as they evolve from small to larger organizations affect R&D productivity. In so doing, we illuminate the underlying theoretical mechanism affecting two different dimensions of R&D productivity, namely the scale and quality of innovative output which have not received much attention in previous literature. Using longitudinal data of Spanish manufacturing firms we explore the validity of this mediation model. Our results show that as firms evolve in size, they increasingly emphasize analytical decision making, and consequently, large-sized firms aim for higher-quality innovations while small firms aim for a larger scale of innovative output. |
| Derechos: |
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| Lengua: |
Anglès |
| Colección: |
Departament d'Economia de l'Empresa. Documents de treball |
| Colección: |
Document de treball (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia de l'Empresa) ; 10/6 |
| Documento: |
Working paper |
| Materia: |
Indústries ;
Productivitat |
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