Assessment of innovative software technology: developing an end-user-initiated interface design strategy |
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Authors: | José García-Quevedo Francisco Mas-Verdú Daniel Montolio |
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Institution: | 1. Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) and Department of Public Economics , University of Barcelona , Spain jgarciaq@ub.edu;3. Department of Economics and Social Sciences Universidad Politécnica de Valencia , Spain and Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB), University of Barcelona , Spain;4. Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) and Department of Public Economics , University of Barcelona , Spain |
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Abstract: | Knowledge intensive services and, in particular, R&D services contribute significantly to innovation in firms. The objective of this paper is to find out which characteristics of firms explain the acquisition of R&D services and to analyse whether there are differences depending on the typology of the supplier (universities, technology centres and consulting firms). Three main conclusions emerge from the econometric estimations carried out with information from a survey of innovative firms in the region of Valencia in Spain. First, the results show that firm size and age matter in the decision to buy R&D services. Second, our results are consistent with the relevance that the literature gives to human capital in absorbing external knowledge. Third, innovation policy has a significant influence on the decision to acquire R&D services, particularly from universities and technology centres. |
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Keywords: | knowledge intensive services R& D services technology centres innovation policy |
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