DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL INNOVATION PARTNERSHIPS: DO THEY MATTER FOR INNOVATION OUTCOMES OF SOUTH AFRICAN FIRMS? |
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Authors: | René m Bakker Leon Ag Oerlemans Tinus Pretorius |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Organisation Studies, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Tilburg University, The Netherlands, E‐mail: r.m.bakker@uvt.nl;2. Department of Engineering and Technology Management, University of Pretoria, South Africa, E‐mail: tinus.pretorius@eng.up.ac.za |
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Abstract: | This paper studies the impact of the diversity of domestic and international innovation partnerships on the innovation outcomes of South African firms. A number of competing hypotheses are formulated and tested empirically using a sample of South African firms in manufacturing and services by applying Ordinary Least Squares regression analyses. Results show that having an innovation partnership, particularly an international partnership, is beneficial to innovation outcomes. However, it also emerges that too diverse a set of international partnerships is detrimental to innovation outcomes. The paper concludes with a discussion and a number of proposals for future research. |
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Keywords: | F23 L24 O33 Innovation networks South Africa knowledge transfer |
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