Absorptive capacity dimensions, labor qualification, R&D and innovative performance

• Autor(a) principal: Teixeira, André Luiz da Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: da Rosa, Andréia Cunha, Ruffoni, Janaina, Rapini, Márcia Siqueira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Inovação (Online)
• DOI: 10.20396/rbi.v15i1.8649123
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/rbi/article/view/8649123
• topic: Absorptive Capacity; R&D; Skilled Labor; Innovation.; L25; O32; Capacidade de absorção. P&D. Qualificação da mão de obra. Inovação.; L25; O32

The paper aims to understand the relationship between absorptive capacity (AC), skilled labor, internal R&D and innovation performance of firms that interact with universities. Data came from information collected in a survey with firms located in Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) that interacted with universities, according to the 2010 Census of the CNPq Research Groups Directory. A Categorical Principal Components analysis was performed to measure the dimensions of AC and to relate them to firms’ innovative performance, internal R&D activity and the type of skilled labor. The main results are: R&D should not be treated as synonymous of AC; the prevalence of postgraduate workers is related to a greater potential and realized AC; the predominance of technical workforce is related to a higher realized AC; firms with higher AC are more innovative.