Technological Capability and Firm Performance



Título del documento: Technological Capability and Firm Performance
Revista: Journal of technology management & innovation
Base de datos: CLASE
Número de sistema: 000533701
ISSN: 0718-2724
Autores: 1
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Instituciones: 1Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Escola de Administracao, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil
Año:
Periodo: Nov
Volumen: 9
Número: 4
Paginación: 20-35
País: Chile
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Descriptivo, crítico
Resumen en inglés This research aims to investigate the relationship between investments in technological capability and economic performance in Brazilian firms. Based on economic development theory and on developed countries history, it is assumed that this relationship is positive. Through key indicators, 133 Brazilian firms have been analyzed. Given the economic circumstances of an emerging economy, which the majority of businesses are primarily based on low and medium-low-technology industries, it is not possible to affirm the existence of a positive relation between technological capability and firm performance. There are other elements that allow firms to achieve such results. Firms of lower technological intensity industries performed above average in the economic performance indicators, adversely, they invested below average in technological capability. These findings do not diminish the merit of firms' and country's success. They in fact confirm a historical tradition of a country that concentrates its efforts on basic industries
Disciplinas: Economía
Palabras clave: Empresas,
Teorías económicas,
Capacidad tecnológica,
Resultados financieros,
Economía emergente,
Baja intensidad tecnológica
Keyword: Enterprises,
Economic theory,
Technological capability,
Firm economic performance,
Emerging economy,
Low-technology intensity
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