¿De dónde provienen las fuentes de ideas y conocimiento para la innovación? un análisis de las empresas manufactureras en Colombia

Abstract

For the analysis of the effect of internal and external knowledge sources on the degree of novelty of the product innovations, the present investigation uses the data of the Survey of Development and Technological Innovation of the Colombian manufacturing industry, EDIT II (2003-2004 ), III (2005-2006) and IV (2007-2008). The multinomial logistic regression indicates that the use of a specific source of knowledge does not determine the obtaining of a greater degree of novelty in the development of new products (DNP). It is with the use of a greater diversity of internal and external sources of knowledge that firms gain an advantage over others in obtaining innovations of greater degree of novelty. It was also found that the use of diversity of external and internal knowledge sources is not complementary in Colombian industries. Finally, the use of external knowledge sources for the development of novelties for the international market is more positive in micro companies than in large companies, while the use of internal sources benefits large companies.