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Index
Technological Innovation
Technological Innovation
An Intellectual Capital-Based View
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction
1
Theoretical Framework
Knowledge, strategy and the firm
The resource-based view
Path dependence and evolutionary perspectives
Technological innovation and the management of technology
Organizational learning and the knowledge-based theory of the firm
Social systems theory and the knowledge-based theory of the firm
The resource-based view of competitive advantage
Obtaining competitive advantage
Sustaining competitive advantage
A comprehensive synthesis of the resource-based view
Value
Degree of heterogeneity
Degree of complexity
The intellectual capital-based view of competitive advantage
Characteristics and components
Providing a theory for intellectual capital
Intellectual capital and the knowledge-based view of the firm
Intellectual capital and the resource-based view of competitive advantage
Intellectual capital and firm competition
Goods and services market, and intellectual capital markets
Exploration and exploitation
2
Firms’ Intellectual Capital
Firms’ intellectual capital: origins and concept
Human capital
Structural capital
Technological capital
Organizational capital
Relational capital
3
Technological Innovation
Technological innovation: concept and evolution
Concept of innovation
Innovation process
Innovation typologies
Technological and administrative/management innovations
Modular and architectural innovations
Radical and incremental innovations
Market pull and technology push innovations
Competence-enhancing and competence-destroying innovations
Overview of innovation types and the choice of technological innovation
Product and process innovation
4
The Role of Intellectual Capital in Technological Innovation
Intellectual capital and technological innovation
The role of human capital in technological innovation
The role of structural capital in technological innovation
The role of relational capital in technological innovation
5
Methodology
Population and sampling procedures
Characteristics of high and medium-high technology manufacturing industries located in Spain
AddNumber of firms included in high and medium-high technology manufacturing industries and numberitional sampling criteria
Measurement of variables
Information sources and data gathering
Designing the ‘ad hoc’ questionnaire
Sample characteristics and statistical representativeness
6
Research Results
Preliminary analysis
Descriptive statistics
Designing and developing an intellectual capital model for high and medium-high technology firms: exploratory and confirmatory analysis
Human capital
Factor 1: Education and Training (E&T)
Factor 2: Motivation (Mot)
Factor 3: Experience and abilities (E&A)
Structural capital
Factor 1: Cultural values and management commitment towards innovation (CUCO)
Factor 2: R&D internal efforts (R&D)
Factor 3: Use of CIT in management activities (CIT)
Relational capital
Factor 1: Customer and supplier relationships (C&S)
Factor 2: Relationships with allies (ASS)
Factor 3: Corporate reputation (REP)
Causal analysis: intellectual capital and technological innovation
7
Conclusions, Limitations and Future Research
Conclusions
Theoretical conclusions
Empirical conclusions
Limitations of the study
Future research
References
Appendix 1: Letter Sent to Top Management and Questionnaire (in Spanish)
QUESTIONNAIRE (sent in Spanish)
Appendix 2: Sample
Appendix 3: Q–Q graphs
Index
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