Alliances for Innovation at Knowledge-Intensive Organizations: The Case of Mexico

Becerril-Elías, Juan Carlos; Merritt, Humberto

Alliances for Innovation at Knowledge-Intensive Organizations: The Case of Mexico

dc.creator	Becerril-Elías, Juan Carlos
dc.creator	Merritt, Humberto
dc.date	2021-05-30
dc.date.accessioned	2025-10-01T23:48:52Z
dc.description	Technological alliances between knowledge-intensive organizations face challenges related to the efficiency of the linkage, its effectiveness, duration, and even its expected impact on the innovation. However, organizations do not know about some of these challenges in advance. This paper analyzes the factors that influence the formation of this kind of alliances in the Mexican industrial sector. According to the hypothesis proposed here, alliances between knowledge-intensive organizations are affected by distortions, discrepancies, and application empiricisms due to the incomplete vision of their leaders. This study used questionnaires and interviews with relevant actors at two Mexican knowledge-intensive organizations (one in the academic sector and the other in the productive sector) in order to identify the resources they already had before the formalization of technological alliances and how they can support decision-making. The results revealed that the role leaders play tends to make the strategic position of their organizations more robust, as long as research activities complement the available resources and capabilities, which can consolidate the collaboration. In conclusion, inter-organizational alliances are essential for success in the business world and different sectors; however, they do not always meet the expectations of their participants.	en-US
dc.description	Las alianzas tecnológicas entre organizaciones intensivas en conocimiento enfrentan desafíos relativos a la eficiencia de la vinculación, su efectividad, su duración e incluso al impacto esperado en la innovación; además, algunas de ellas son desconocidas de forma anticipada por las organizaciones. Este artículo analizó los factores que influyen en la formación de este tipo de alianzas en el sector industrial mexicano. La hipótesis plantea que las alianzas entre organizaciones intensivas en conocimiento se ven afectadas por distorsiones, discrepancias y empirismos aplicativos debido a visiones incompletas por parte de los líderes. Para el desarrollo de este trabajo, se emplearon cuestionarios y entrevistas a actores relevantes de dos organizaciones mexicanas intensivas en conocimiento, una del sector académico y otra del sector productivo, esto con la finalidad de identificar los recursos que poseían previamente a la formalización de la alianza tecnológica y cómo sirven a la toma de decisiones. Los resultados revelaron que el rol que desempeñen los líderes tiende a robustecer la posición estratégica de las organizaciones involucradas, siempre que las actividades de investigación complementen los recursos y capacidades disponibles, sirviendo éstas para afianzar la colaboración. Se concluye que las alianzas interorganizacionales son fundamentales para lograr el éxito en el campo empresarial y en distintos sectores, sin embargo, debe tomarse en cuenta que no siempre estas asociaciones satisfacen las expectativas de los participantes.	es-ES
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dc.rights	Derechos de autor 2021 Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano	es-ES
dc.source	Revista CEA; Vol. 7 No. 14 (2021); e1780	en-US
dc.source	Revista CEA; Vol. 7 Núm. 14 (2021); e1780	es-ES
dc.source	2422-3182
dc.source	2390-0725
dc.subject	Technological alliance	en-US
dc.subject	collaborative alliance	en-US
dc.subject	organizational knowledge	en-US
dc.subject	applied research	en-US
dc.subject	innovación tecnológica	es-ES
dc.subject	alianzas colaborativas	es-ES
dc.subject	conocimiento organizacional	es-ES
dc.subject	investigación aplicada	es-ES
dc.title	Alliances for Innovation at Knowledge-Intensive Organizations: The Case of Mexico	en-US
dc.title	Alianzas para la innovación en organizaciones intensivas en conocimiento: el caso de México	es-ES
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