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Exploración Y Explotación De Conocimiento En El Ámbito Empresarial. Validación De Escalas En Un Sector Industrial De Bajo Perfil Tecnológico / Knowledge Exploration And Exploitation In The Business Context. Validation Of Scales In A Low-Tech Industry

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  • Nicolau-Juliá, Débora

    (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (España))

  • Expósito-Langa, Manuel

    (Universidad de Lleida (España))

  • Tomás-Miquel, José-Vicente

    (Universidad de Lleida (España))

Abstract

El contexto competitivo lleva a que las empresas de cualquier sector industrial refuercen sus actividades vinculadas con la innovación, y especialmente con la explotación y la exploración del conocimiento. La relevancia de estos conceptos ha generado una importante literatura, así como escalas de medida validadas. Habitualmente se ha seguido la propuesta de Atuahene-Gima (2005) como referencia; sin embargo, observamos que la literatura es más abundante en sectores de medio-alto nivel tecnológico que no en sectores de perfil tecnológico bajo. En este sentido, este estudio pretende validar las escalas de la capacidad de exploración y explotación de conocimiento en un sector de bajo nivel tecnológico, como es la industria textil. Los resultados muestran que si bien es factible la utilización de las escalas habituales en esta tipología de industrias, necesitan ser ajustadas para adaptarse a sus especificidades / The competitive environment is leading companies in every industry to reinforce their focus on innovation-related activities, and especially on knowledge exploration and exploitation. The relevance of these concepts has generated an important literature as well as appropriate measurement scales. The scales proposed by Atuahene-Gima (2005) have been commonly taken as a reference. However, these have been applied more in medium or high-tech industries than in low-tech industries. In this sense, this study aims to validate the scales to measure knowledge exploration and exploitation capabilities in a low-tech industry as the textile industry. The results show that while it is feasible to use these scales in this type of industries, they need to be adjusted to suit their specificities.

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  • Nicolau-Juliá, Débora & Expósito-Langa, Manuel & Tomás-Miquel, José-Vicente, 2015. "Exploración Y Explotación De Conocimiento En El Ámbito Empresarial. Validación De Escalas En Un Sector Industrial De Bajo Perfil Tecnológico / Knowledge Exploration And Exploitation In The Business Co," Investigaciones Europeas de Dirección y Economía de la Empresa (IEDEE), Academia Europea de Dirección y Economía de la Empresa (AEDEM), vol. 21(3), pages 139-147.
  • Handle: RePEc:idi:jiedee:v:21:y:2015:i:3:p:139-147
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    Keywords

    Exploración; Explotación; Industria textil; Análisis factorial confirmatorio; Exploration; Exploitation; Textile industry; Confirmatory factor analysis;
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    JEL classification:

    • L21 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Business Objectives of the Firm

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