The internationalization of knowledge-intensive business services: the effect of collaboration and the mediating role of innovation
This study theoretically and empirically analyzes the mediating role of innovation on the relation between collaboration and internationalization strategies in knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS). The work also considers the impact of foreign-based partners and examines the potential direct and indirect effects via innovation of cross-border collaboration on the internationalization of KIBS. The empirical analysis uses a wide sample of Spanish KIBS for the period 2003--2005. The study finds that collaboration positively affects the internationalization of KIBS via innovation. The results related to cross-border collaboration indicate the existence of direct and indirect effects via innovation on internationalization.
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2012
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Authors: | Rodríguez, Alicia ; Nieto, María Jesús |
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The Service Industries Journal. - Taylor & Francis Journals, ISSN 0264-2069. - Vol. 32.2012, 7, p. 1057-1075
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Taylor & Francis Journals |
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