The impact of international research joint ventures on SMEs performance
The objective of the present study is to analyse the effect of technological cooperation on SMEs performance consideringtwo dimensions: technological and economic results. For that purpose, we use a data set containing information about participants in research joint ventures supported by the SME-sp...
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| Tipo de recurso: | informe técnico |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2012 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) |
| Repositorio: | Docta Complutense |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/49055 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/49055 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | H81 L2 O3 Research joint ventures SMEs Impact assessment Economía industrial Administración de empresas Empresas 5311 Organización y Dirección de Empresas |
| Sumario: | The objective of the present study is to analyse the effect of technological cooperation on SMEs performance consideringtwo dimensions: technological and economic results. For that purpose, we use a data set containing information about participants in research joint ventures supported by the SME-specific measures of the sixth Framework Programme. Empirical evidence corroborates a direct and positive impact on technological assets of participants. On the part of the economic indicators, EBITDA per employee and sales are positively influenced by the improvement of technological background. The same results are found for productivity. All those effects are effective in the medium term, confirming that SMEs use to be involved in market-oriented R&D projects. |
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