La relación entre las redes externas de trabajo y el desempeño innovador de las pymes colombianas: un análisis del rol moderador del ambiente industrial

Iván Darío Sánchez; Jorge Luís Juliao Rossi; Julio Cesar Zuluaga Jiménez

doi:10.1016/j.estger.2013.09.008

Authors

Iván Darío Sánchez Profesor Asistente, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Administrativas, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
Jorge Luís Juliao Rossi Docente e Investigador, Facultad de Ciencias Administrativas y Contables, Universidad de La Salle, Bogotá, Colombia
Julio Cesar Zuluaga Jiménez Estudiante Doctorado en Administración, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.estger.2013.09.008

Keywords:

Redes de trabajo, Innovación, Munificencia, Pymes

Abstract

Los resultados de investigaciones que analizan la relación entre redes de trabajo y desempeño innovador de las organizaciones han sido inconsistentes. Este artículo contribuye a clarificar tal situación analizando el rol moderador de la munificencia ambiental en dicha relación. En una muestra de 4.133 pymes colombianas y empleando un modelo Zero-Inflated Poisson (ZIP) se halló una relación positiva entre redes e innovación, y negativa entre munificencia e innovación. Contrario a lo esperado, se halló que a mayor munificencia ambiental la relación entre redes e innovación se hace más fuerte. Estos hallazgo destacan el valor estratégico de la redes en el contexto del proceso de innovación de las pymes y el carácter idiosincrático de dicho proceso en un país en desarrollo como Colombia.

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Iván Darío Sánchez, Profesor Asistente, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Administrativas, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia

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