ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRACTICES OF MANAGING EXTERNAL SOURCES OF TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION AND INDICATORS OF INNOVATIVE PERFORMANCE

Clandia Maffini Gomes (), Isak Kruglianskas () and Flávia Luciane Scherer ()
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Clandia Maffini Gomes: Santa Maria Federal University, Floriano Peixoto, 1184, Santa Maria – RS, Brasil, Zip Code 97015700, Brasil
Isak Kruglianskas: São Paulo University, Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade, Luciano Gualberto 908, São Paulo-SP, Brasil, CEP 05508, Brasil
Flávia Luciane Scherer: Santa Maria Federal University, Floriano Peixoto, 1184 Santa Maria – RS, Brasil, Zip Code 97015700, Brasil

International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), 2011, vol. 15, issue 04, 709-730

Abstract: This study has the aim of understanding the different processes for managing outside sources of technology information, with a major focus on practices that companies actually adopt. The specific intention of the study is to construct a theoretical and practical frame of reference for developing processes of sustainable technological innovation. This study, of a quantitative nature, involved carrying out a survey on Brazilian industrial companies with innovative characteristics. to identify how the management of sources of information, influences the innovative performance of the companies that participated in the survey. The independent and dependent variables suggest the existence of an association between the management of outside sources of technology information, and innovative performance. Especially important here is how the different types of sources of information influence the indicators related to innovation in products and how the type of modality of access to technology affects the indicators relating to innovation of processes.

Keywords: External sources of information; innovative performance; industrial companies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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