Transferencia de conocimiento en las empresas de la Comunidad Autónoma del País Vascocapacidad de absorción y espacios de interacción de conocimiento

  1. Castro Spila, Javier
  2. Rocca, Liliana
  3. Ibarra Unzueta, Joseba Andoni
Journal:
Arbor: Ciencia, pensamiento y cultura

ISSN: 0210-1963

Year of publication: 2008

Issue Title: Dimensiones y dinámicas de la transferencia de conocimiento

Issue: 732

Pages: 653-675

Type: Article

DOI: 10.3989/ARBOR.2008.I732.213 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

This paper examines knowledge transfer in firms at the Basque Country (BC). The main purpose of this work is to show the relationship existing between the firm's absorptive capacity (Cohen and Levinthal, 1990) and knowledge transfer. To be able to measure the absorptive capacity, we focused on the role played by human resources in science, technology and innovation (HRISTI). For knowledge transfer analysis we have considered the cooperation projects for innovation performed by the companies as proxy indicators of knowledge interaction. The results obtained show that the patterns of knowledge interaction in the Basque firms are associated to their HRICTI profile.

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