The influence of public support on innovation and technological complexity on cooperative R%D agreements: the Spanish case

Manuel Guisado-González, Manuel Guisado-Tato and M. à ngeles Sandoval-Pérez

International Journal of Economics and Business Research, 2013, vol. 5, issue 3, 253-271

Abstract: This paper proposes a model that relates public funding, company size, technological intensity, permanent R%D, business group membership and corporate strategy to the likelihood that firms will cooperate in R%D. To test the validity of the model, we built a database of Spanish manufacturing firms with innovation activities based on the 'Survey on Technological Innovation of Enterprises 2000', conducted by the National Statistics Institute (INE) of Spain. The test showed that all variables have a positive effect on the likelihood of R%D cooperation, but medium-sized enterprises and enterprise groups that belong to the EU and outside of the EU showed no significant influence on the probability of cooperation.

Keywords: innovation; public funding; corporate strategy; cooperative agreements; Spain; technological complexity; cooperative R%D; research and development; company size; technological intensity; permanent R%D, business group membership; corporate strategy; manufacturing industry; R%D collaboration; R%D cooperation. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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