Autore
Petti, Claudio

Titolo
Making R&D efforts profitable: the role of absorptive capacity and policy implications in an emerging economy setting
Periodico
Economia e politica industriale
Anno: 2014 - Volume: 41 - Fascicolo: 2 - Pagina iniziale: 67 - Pagina finale: 97

This paper explores the influence of a firm’s absorptive capacity on the profitability of one thousand ninety-six Chinese firms. In addition to extending the findings of prior studies on the positive effects of absorptive capacity on a firm’s performance in the context of an emerging economy, empirical results support the main hypothesis of the positive mediating role of absorptive capacity in the relationship between R&D efforts and profitability. These effects, together with the attempt to investigate absorptive capacity outside the usual R&D context using a capability-based operationalization, will lead the discussion towards the role of public policies in enhancing the impact of a firm’s internal R&D efforts through sustaining the development of their "soft" absorptive capacity with complementary investments in compensation, motivation and the development of human resources.



SICI: 0391-2078(2014)41:2<67:MREPTR>2.0.ZU;2-G
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