Digital disruption of optimal co-innovation configurations

We evaluate the co-innovation trajectory of firms adopting different collaborative innovation networks (i.e., vertical, horizontal, and institutional). The results of the empirical applications are obtained from a multilevel regression, and a Nash bargaining model estimated via data envelopment anal...

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Autores: Lafuente González, Esteban Miguel|||0000-0001-5889-7656, Vaillant, Yancy, Rabetino, Rodrigo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/387764
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/387764
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2023.102772
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Data envelopment analysis
Business networks
Co-innovation
Nash bargaining model
Ecosystems
Digital technologies
Configurations
Multilevel International
Anàlisi d'envolupament de dades
Xarxes d'empreses
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Direcció d'operacions
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Sumario:We evaluate the co-innovation trajectory of firms adopting different collaborative innovation networks (i.e., vertical, horizontal, and institutional). The results of the empirical applications are obtained from a multilevel regression, and a Nash bargaining model estimated via data envelopment analysis on a sample of 734 enterprises from seven OECD countries form Europe and Latin America. Findings point to important national and firm-level distinctions across the optimal co-innovation configurations: whereas vertical co-innovation strategies are characteristic of firms with the highest innovation efficiency, institutions are frequently found to be optimal for co-innovation success in less developed innovation systems that may be faced with structural deficiencies. However, digital competency is found to disrupt co-innovation configurations for successful innovation, facilitating the development of efficient vertical and horizontal co-innovation trajectories.