This study examines how firms cooperate for innovation in the services sector. We tested the theoretical development using cluster analysis and ordinal logit regression analysis with firm-level data collected from the Spanish Technological Innovation Panel (PITEC) for the period 2011–2013. Overall, 2,622 service firms have been used. This research contributes as follows: first, the findings show that the greater degree of penetration into the innovation modes of the firms means that the intensity of the use of cooperative agreements as well as the diversity of cooperative partners increases. Second, the empirical evidence for the taxonomy of innovation development in the service sector provides firms with the ways how to innovate based on their strategic orientation.

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服务业创新合作的方法

本研究探讨了企业如何在服务业进行创新合作。我们使用从西班牙技术创新小组 (PITEC) 收集的 2011-2013 年期间的公司级数据，使用聚类分析和序数 logit 回归分析测试了理论发展。总共使用了 2,622 家服务公司。本研究的贡献如下：首先，研究结果表明，对企业创新模式的渗透程度越高，意味着合作协议的使用强度以及合作伙伴的多样性增加。其次，服务业创新发展分类的经验证据为企业提供了基于其战略定位的创新途径。