Influencia de la capacidad de absorción sobre la innovación: un análisis empírico en las mipymes colombianas

Autores/as

  • Carlos Hernán González Campo Profesor e Investigador, Facultad de Ciencias de la Administración, Universidad del Valle, Cali
  • Andrea Hurtado Ayala Asistente de Docencia, Facultad de Ciencias de la Administración, Universidad del Valle, Cali

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.estger.2014.02.015

Palabras clave:

Capacidad de absorción, Innovación, Conocimiento, Estrategias, Pymes

Resumen

Este artículo analiza la capacidad de absorción como un constructo multidimensional y tiene comoobjetivo determinar la presencia de dicha capacidad en las mipymes colombianas y su relación con lainnovación, siendo este uno de los primeros estudios en este campo realizados en Colombia. Partiendo deuna muestra de 403 mipymes colombianas, se efectúa un análisis de conglomerados bietápico que per-mite probar que la capacidad de absorción no es un determinante de la innovación en estas empresas, ypermite demostrar que la capacidad de absorción se desarrolla principalmente en las peque˜nas empresascolombianas y los procesos de innovación están determinados por las estrategias competitivas asumidaspor cada tipo de empresas.

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Influencia de la capacidad de absorción sobre la innovación: un análisis empírico en las mipymes colombianas. (2014). Estudios Gerenciales, 30(132), 277-286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.estger.2014.02.015