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Determinants of R&D collaboration of service firms

Authors: C. Annique Un, Ana M. Romero-Martínez, Ángeles Montoro-Sánchez

Published in: Service Business | Issue 4/2009

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This article examines the determinants of R&D collaboration of service firms. Different from manufacturing firms, we expect that types of innovation, public financing, innovation protection, purchase of external R&D, firm’s absorptive capacity, spillovers, and certain innovation barriers determine the firm’s decision to collaborate in R&D. Results indicate that firms that undertake R&D collaboration tend to undertake process innovation, receive public funding, can protect their innovations, and typically subcontract the development of their technologies. The article provides implications for theory and practice.

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Title: Determinants of R&D collaboration of service firms
Authors: C. Annique Un
Ana M. Romero-Martínez
Ángeles Montoro-Sánchez
Publication date: 01-12-2009
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Service Business / Issue 4/2009
Print ISSN: 1862-8516
Electronic ISSN: 1862-8508
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11628-009-0065-7

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