Ana Pérez-Luño, María Fuentes Blasco

(Pablo de Olavide University, Seville, Spain)

 

 

Abstract: Research on the innovative performance of organisations has generally obtained inconsistent results. Aiming to reduce such inconsistencies, this article analyses innovative performance by taking into account the characteristics of Spanish firms and their differences in terms of tendency towards innovation generation and/or adoption. Among the results obtained, it is possible to highlight that innovation radicalness, knowledge complexity, company’s size and internal R&D expenditure favour innovative performance when the companies are analysed together. However, the introduction of a tendency towards innovation generation and/or adoption as a moderator variable reveals interesting differences between the features that appear to condition such performance.

 

 

Key words: innovation; knowledge complexity; size; R&D

 

JEL codes: M1 and M2