R&D investment and the arrangement of innovation capabilities in Brazilian manufacturing firms

Estêvão Passuello Ruffoni; Fernando Antonio Monteiro Christoph D´Andrea; Júlia Kich Chaves; Paulo Antônio Zawislak; Jorge Tello-Gamarra

doi:10.4067/S0718-27242018000400074

Authors

Estêvão Passuello Ruffoni School of Management, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre
Fernando Antonio Monteiro Christoph D´Andrea School of Management, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre
Júlia Kich Chaves School of Management, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre
Paulo Antônio Zawislak School of Management, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre
Jorge Tello-Gamarra School of Chemistry and Food, Federal University of Rio Grande, Santo Antônio da Patrulha

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-27242018000400074

Keywords:

Innovation, R&D Investments, Innovation Capabilities, Capabilities Arrangements.

Abstract

This paper aims at identifying the different arrangements of innovation capabilities for firms with different levels of R&D investment. The four innovation capabilities model (development, operations, management and transaction) by Zawislak et al., (2012) was crossed with the three level – low, medium and high – R&D intensity classification by Legler and Frietsch (2007). A multiple regression was applied on data from a survey of 1,331 Brazilian manufacturing firms, results clearly show different arrangements of innovation capabilities for each level of R&D investment. Operations capability does not generate innovation performance in any level. Development capability becomes increasingly relevant to performance, as R&D investment increases, on the other hand, management and transaction capabilities turn to be less prominent.

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