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Capacidad de absorción e innovación en empresas industriales manufactureras en Uruguay

Translated title of the contribution: Absorption capacity and innovation in industrial manufacturing companies in Uruguay
  • Universidad Católica del Uruguay
  • Universidad de Montevideo

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Abstract

The innovation that companies make allow them to respond to market challenges, obtain sustainable competitive advantages over time and promote economic growth. The objective of this research is to determine if absorption capacity increases the probability that a company will be innovative. For this, different logit models were applied to the micro-data of the Survey of Innovation Activities of Uruguayan industrial manufacturing companies. The results allow us to conclude that absorption capacity is an important element to explain the probability that a firm is innovative. In this sense, the existence of formal R&D units in the firm and the magnitude of the ratio between the employees engaged in R&D tasks over the total number of firm employees have an impact on this.

Translated title of the contributionAbsorption capacity and innovation in industrial manufacturing companies in Uruguay
Original languageSpanish
Pages (from-to)725-744
Number of pages20
JournalRevista Venezolana de Gerencia
Volume26
Issue number94
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  2. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

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