ABSTRACT

Firms that combine both the science, technology, and innovation (STI) and learning-by-doing, learning-by-using, and learning-by-interacting (DUI) modes of innovation are more likely to attain innovation outcomes than those employing either mode separately. Different studies across Europe and Canada support this proposition to different extents. However, the core of these studies has been carried out in advanced economies, inadvertently neglecting other relevant innovation milieus. This study examines the nuances of such innovation strategy in an emerging economy context. We explore differences and potential limitations in the existent literature. The analysis covers 9 628 Mexican firms with 10 or more employees. The results of the logit regressions suggest that a combined STI and DUI innovation approach yields better results in terms of product innovation. Contrary to the existing literature, our results point out that in an emerging economy context, the weight of DUI mode of innovation is larger on product innovation than the STI mode. Finally, DUI mode has a greater impact on process innovation than STI mode as well as the combination of STI and DUI; thus, showing that the benefits of combining STI and DUI are limited only to product innovation.

摘要

结合了科学，技术和创新（STI）以及“边做边学”，“使用中学习”和“交互学习”（DUI）创新模式的公司，比采用这两种方法的公司更可能获得创新成果模式分开。欧洲和加拿大的不同研究在不同程度上支持这一主张。但是，这些研究的核心是在发达经济体中进行的，无意间忽略了其他相关的创新环境。本研究探讨了在新兴经济背景下这种创新策略的细微差别。我们探索现有文献中的差异和潜在局限性。该分析涵盖了9628家墨西哥公司，这些公司有10名或以上的员工。logit回归的结果表明，将STI和DUI创新相结合的创新方法在产品创新方面会产生更好的结果。与现有文献相反，我们的结果指出，在新兴经济背景下，DUI创新模式在产品创新上的权重比STI模式更大。最后，与STI模式以及STI和DUI的结合相比，DUI模式对流程创新的影响更大。因此，表明将STI和DUI结合使用的好处仅限于产品创新。