The effect of national and international R&D cooperation: differences between manufactures and services
by Juan Fernández Sastre
International Journal of Services Technology and Management (IJSTM), Vol. 21, No. 1/2/3, 2015

Abstract: Using data from the Spanish survey of technological innovation, this paper analyses differences between service and manufacturing firms regarding the impact of national and international R&D cooperation on firms' innovative performance. Results indicate that industrial innovative activity mostly benefits from collaboration at the national level, while international cooperation is crucial for services. Results also show that services are able to combine both national and international partners in an advantageous way, while manufacturing firms that are simultaneously involved in national and international partnerships do not have a greater innovative performance than those that are not involved in R&D collaboration at all.

Online publication date: Wed, 12-Aug-2015

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