THE EFFECTS OF KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS AND ALLIANCE PORTFOLIO DIVERSITY ON PRODUCT INNOVATION AND FIRM GROWTH

Luiz Fernando de Paris Caldas (), Fabio de Oliveira Paula () and Jorge Ferreira Da Silva ()
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Luiz Fernando de Paris Caldas: Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, IAG School of Business, R. Marquês de São Vicente, 225, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 22451-000, Brazil
Fabio de Oliveira Paula: Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, IAG School of Business, R. Marquês de São Vicente, 225, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 22451-000, Brazil
Jorge Ferreira Da Silva: Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, IAG School of Business, R. Marquês de São Vicente, 225, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 22451-000, Brazil

International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), 2021, vol. 25, issue 05, 1-29

Abstract: This study examines the extent to which the intra-industry knowledge spillover and a firm’s alliance portfolio diversity have an effect on product innovation performance and the growth of different size of firms. A model was proposed and empirically tested using structural equation modelling with Bayesian estimation. The data was extracted from the Colombian innovation survey EDIT from 2011 to 2016 and comprised a sample of 913 manufacturing firms. The results demonstrated that less-developed and resource-scarce settings, such as Colombia, foster interfirm collaboration regardless of their size. Nevertheless, even when considered the positive and significant effect of collaboration, spillovers are the most relevant external knowledge source in explaining the product innovation performance and growth of small and medium firms. The findings also showed that knowledge spillovers can be detrimental to the large firms’ outcomes, possibly associated with a weaker appropriability regime and the loss of knowledge derived from outgoing spillovers.

Keywords: Knowledge spillover; alliance portfolio diversity; absorptive capacity; product innovation performance; firm growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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