Effects of user's cooperation and location on innovation activity of firms: an input-output approach

Gloria S nchez Gonz lez () and Liliana Herrera ()
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Gloria S nchez Gonz lez: Departamento de Direcci¢n y Econom¡a de la Empresa, Facultad de Ciencias Econ¢micas y Empresariales, Universidad de Le¢n, http://dde.unileon.es/
Liliana Herrera: Departamento de Direcci¢n y Econom¡a de la Empresa, Facultad de Ciencias Econ¢micas y Empresariales, Universidad de Le¢n, http://dde.unileon.es/

No 2009-10, Working Papers "New Trends on Business Administration". Documentos de Trabajo "Nuevas Tendencias en Dirección de Empresas". from Interuniversity Research Master and Doctorate Program (with a quality mention of ANECA) on "Business Economics", Universities of Valladolid, Burgos, Salamanca and León (Spain). Until 2008, Interuniversity Doctorate Program (with a quality mention of ANECA) “New trends in Business Administration”, Universities of Valladolid, Burgos, and Salamanca (Spain). Master en Investigación y Programa de Doctorado Interuniversitarios (con mención de calidad de la ANECA) en "Economía de la Empresa", Universidades de Valladolid, Burgos, Salamanca y León (España). Hasta 2008, Programa de Doctorado Interuniversitario (con mención de calidad de la ANECA) “Nuevas Tendencias en Dirección de Empresas”, Universidades de Valladolid, Burgos y Salamanca (España).

Abstract: The present study analyses the profile of firms cooperating with users and estimates the effect of this cooperation on firms? innovation activities. This issue is particular novel and important as users provide information that will be very useful for generating new products and making the innovation process more efficient. The findings confirm that cooperation with users is a tool for progress and development as it has a positive influence on both input and output of firms? innovation process. This paper makes three important contributions to the literature. First, we analyse the effect of cooperation with users on how firms distribute their R&D expenditures (basic research, applied research and technological development) in order to make clear how this tool can affect the different strategies for generating knowledge. Second, we also study the impact of this kind of cooperation on the degree of novelty of new products, with the aim of explaining how it affects the productivity of R&D activities. Third, to estimate these effects, the study analyses these relationships and explore the role of proximity in the cooperation with users taking into account the location of this agent (domestic versus international users). Results confirm that cooperation with users increases investments in activities that generate knowledge with a specific practical objective and which are near to firms? technological domain (applied research and technological development). Independently of user?s location, firms increase their investment in technological development to act quickly in the market and to obtain profits. The study also concludes that cooperation with users has positive effects on innovation outputs and its degree of novelty (radical versus incremental innovations). Nonetheless, these effects are different according to user?s location. Cooperation with domestic users stimulates the sales of radical innovations and cooperation with international users increase sales of incremental innovations.

Keywords: Cooperation with users; basic research; applied research; technological development; degree of novelty; location. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32 pages
Date: 2009-05
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