This paper supplies a measure of the degree of firms innovation performance. This indicator summarizes the impact of technological innovation activities on products, processes and sustainability of the firms. The data set used in this study was drawn up from the 2006 Panel on Technological...

En este artículo se aporta una medida del grado de desempeño innovador de la empresa. Este indicador resume los efectos de las actividades de innovación tecnológica en los productos, en los procesos y en la sostenibilidad de la empresa. Los datos proceden de las empresas españolas,...

The purpose of this study is to research what combinations of cooperation partners are most effective according to a firm’s type of innovation proactivity: product or process oriented. Fifteen possible combinations are analysed, starting with the four most common cooperation partners:...

We analyze the weaknesses of meta-analyses (MAs) in management research using as benchmark a scientific field where this technique shows a longer tradition: clinical research. We suggest four areas in which management research MA practices should improve: (1) availability of information and...

Technological and organizational change in the automotive sector is pushing the outsourcing of production to limits which would probably be astonishing a few years ago. Whereas vehicle brand owners tend to specialize in design, research and marketing, their suppliers produce components and...