Exploring external knowledge networks for catalysing material and energy eco-innovations in spanish firms
Several studies have suggested that collaborations between partners could be a key factor in obtaining eco-innovation results. However, there is still an unresolved question regarding the combinations of external knowledge networks that could stimulate eco-innovation. Using qualitative comparative a...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Data de publicação: | 2025 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) |
| Repositório: | Docta Complutense |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/123453 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/123453 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | L14 L20 O31 O33 Q50 collaborations eco-innovation external knowledge networks qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) Economía industrial 5306.02 Innovación Tecnológica |
| Resumo: | Several studies have suggested that collaborations between partners could be a key factor in obtaining eco-innovation results. However, there is still an unresolved question regarding the combinations of external knowledge networks that could stimulate eco-innovation. Using qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) on a sample of Spanish firms in 2020, we found evidence that collaborations between different partners could affect eco-innovation and that those partnerships differ depending on the green goal (material or energy). This leads to three main results: (1) For material, six possible paths of collaboration were found, while for energy, we found five paths. (2) Only one common path has been found for both goals: the absence of collaboration with Customers, Competitors and Universities and Research Centres, simultaneously. (3) Among all possible paths, one partner was most repeated: Universities and Research Centres, appearing in four out of six paths for material and two out of five for energy eco-innovation. |
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