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Title
Domestic and international innovation partnerships: do they matter for innovation outcomes of South African firms? |
Full text
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/9681 |
Date
2008 |
Author(s)
Bakker, Rene M.; Oerlemans, Leon A.G.; Pretorius, Tinus |
Abstract
This paper studies the impact of the diversity of domestic and international innovation partnerships on the innovation outcomes of South African firms. A number of competing hypotheses are formulated and tested empirically using a sample of South African firms in manufacturing and services by applying Ordinary Least Squares regression analyses. Results show that having an innovation partnership, particularly an international partnership, is beneficial to innovation outcomes. However, it also emerges that too diverse a set of international partnerships is detrimental to innovation outcomes. The paper concludes with a discussion and a number of proposals for future research. |
Subject(s)
Innovation; Networks; South Africa; Knowledge transfer; Technological innovations -- South Africa; Strategic alliances (Business) -- South Africa |
Language
en |
Publisher
Blackwell |
Type of publication
Postprint Article |
Rights
Blackwell. The definitive version is available at www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121499411/. This article is embargoed by the publisher until Nov 2009. |
Identifier
Bakker, RM, Oerlemans, LAG & Pretorius, T 2008, 'Domestic and international innovation partnerships: do they matter for innovation outcomes of South African firms?', South African Journal of Economics, vol. 76, no. 3, pp. 518-536.; 1813-6982; 10.1111/j.1813-6982.2008.00202.x |
Repository
Pretoria - University of Pretoria, UPSpace
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