Auteur :
Higón
Dolores Añón,
Manjón
Miguel,
Máñez
Juan A.
...[et al.]
Date de publication : 06/10/2011
Type : Etude
Thème : Recherche et développement
Couverture :
Maroc
The aim of this study is to ascertain the impact of three different innovation strategies –namely, intramural R&D, externally contracted R&D, and import of technology through licenses- upon the returns to R&D (in terms of productivity). In order to evaluate these effects we consider robust estimates of total factor productivity (TFP) through a GMM approach and numerically compute the sample distribution of the R&D returns. Using data for Spanish manufacturing firms drawn from the Encuesta de Estrategias Empresariales (ESEE), over the period 1990-2005, our results suggest that the innovation strategy that combines intramural and external R&D is the one that pays off more in terms of returns to R&D, while the import of technology seems not providing any additional sinergy effect.