Innovation and Knowledge Transfer in Clustered Interorganizational Networks in Brazil |
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Authors: | Valmir Emil Hoffmann Rodrigo Bandeira-de-Mello F. Xavier Molina-Morales |
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Affiliation: | 1. UNB—University of Brasília , Brasília, Brazil ehoffmann@unb.br;4. ehoffmann@pq.cnpq.br;5. FGV—Getúlio Vargas Foundation , S?o Paulo, Brazil;6. Universitat Jaume I , Castellón, Spain |
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Abstract: | This article analyzes whether firm innovation is influenced by the transfer of knowledge among cluster firms. To test the hypotheses, we directly estimated the measurement and the structural model parameters where cooperation, workforce mobility, and institutions were defined as manifest indicators of the latent exogenous variable knowledge transfer, modeled as a second-order construct. Firm innovation was defined as a single item endogenous latent variable. We found knowledge transfer to be related to the way firms are managed vis-à-vis (a) the role of institutions as discussion arenas; (b) the adaptability of the workforce; and (c) the indirect cooperation among firms. |
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Keywords: | Brazilian industry clustered inter-organizational networks industrial districts innovation knowledge transfer resource-based view |
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