The internationalization of knowledge-intensive business services: the effect of collaboration and the mediating role of innovation

Alicia Rodríguez and María Jesús Nieto

The Service Industries Journal, 2012, vol. 32, issue 7, 1057-1075

Abstract: This study theoretically and empirically analyzes the mediating role of innovation on the relation between collaboration and internationalization strategies in knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS). The work also considers the impact of foreign-based partners and examines the potential direct and indirect effects via innovation of cross-border collaboration on the internationalization of KIBS. The empirical analysis uses a wide sample of Spanish KIBS for the period 2003--2005. The study finds that collaboration positively affects the internationalization of KIBS via innovation. The results related to cross-border collaboration indicate the existence of direct and indirect effects via innovation on internationalization.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1080/02642069.2012.662493

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