Intangible resources and technology adoption in manufacturing firms

被引：44

作者：

Gomez, Jaime ^{[1
]}

Vargas, Pilar ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ La Rioja, Dept Econ & Empresa, Logrono 26004, La Rioja, Spain

来源：

RESEARCH POLICY | 2012年 / 41卷 / 09期

关键词：

Intangibles; Technology adoption; Diffusion; Complementarities; RESEARCH-AND-DEVELOPMENT; E-BUSINESS; INFORMATION-TECHNOLOGY; ORGANIZATIONAL-CHANGE; ABSORPTIVE-CAPACITY; FLEXIBLE AUTOMATION; EMPIRICAL-EVIDENCE; DIFFUSION; PERFORMANCE; INNOVATION;

D O I：

10.1016/j.respol.2012.04.016

中图分类号：

C93 [管理学];

学科分类号：

12 ; 1201 ; 1202 ; 120202 ;

摘要：

Our objective in this paper is to analyse the determinants of the use of advanced manufacturing technologies in manufacturing firms. We go beyond more traditional approaches and consider the role of complementarities in technology adoption at two levels. First, we adapt Teece's (1986) framework to study the incentives to use new technology that stem from investments in R&D, human capital and advertising. Second, we analyse whether technology use is conditioned by a system effect that arises from the use of related technologies. We test our hypotheses on a representative sample of manufacturing firms in Spain. Our results fully support the idea that R&D investments increase the likelihood of technology use, but only offer partial support for human capital and advertising investments. Export intensity, being part of a business group and epidemic effects are also important determinants of adoption. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：1607 / 1619

页数：13

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