Incidence of Human Capital in the Innovative Performance of Service Companies: A Study in Ecuador

datacite.creatorCarvache Franco, Orly
datacite.creatorCarvache Franco, Mauricio
datacite.creatorCarvache Franco, Wilmer
datacite.creatorBustamante Ubilla, Miguel A.
datacite.date.issued2022
datacite.identifierDOI
datacite.identifier.doi10.3390/socsci11050222
datacite.identifier.orcid0000-0002-5079-9856
datacite.identifier.wosidWOS:000801771900001
datacite.rightsAcceso abierto
datacite.size15 p.
datacite.subjectHuman capital
datacite.subjectInnovative performance
datacite.subjectTraining
datacite.subjectSpecialized personnel
datacite.titleIncidence of Human Capital in the Innovative Performance of Service Companies: A Study in Ecuador
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-21T18:08:49Z
dc.date.available2025-01-21T18:08:49Z
dc.description.abstractThe relationship between human capital and innovative performance in service companies has been studied in countries with fast-growing economies and knowledge-intensive companies, but little evidence exists in other contexts. The research examined the relationship between human capital variables and the innovative performance of Ecuadorian service companies. The methodology is quantitative. It is a non-experimental, cross-sectional investigation, and data from Ecuador from the national survey of innovation activities 2015 were used. A bivariate probit regression was performed. The results indicate that the variable training in innovation activities is positively related to service innovation, but not to process innovation, because service innovation requires a greater development of skills and abilities than process innovation in these activities. Company workers and the variable workers with higher education are positively related to process innovation, but not to service innovation. The research contributes to the gap in the literature on the relationship between human capital variables and innovative performance and provides empirical evidence of the relationship in developing countries where evidence is scarce. The research has practical implications for managers and administrators of service companies: Increasing training in innovation activities can increase the potential for service innovation and increasing workers with higher education increases the innovative potential in the processes in these companies. The originality of this study is that it presents evidence of this relationship in a developing country that has companies in a different context such as scarcity of qualified human resources, low level of R&D investment, and companies with a medium level of knowledge complexity, since the evidence focuses on companies in developed countries and knowledge-intensive companies.
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.utalca.cl/repositorio/handle/1950/15377
dc.languageInglés
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.relation.urihttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/11/5/222
dc.sourceSocial Sciences-Basel
oaire.citationIssue5
oaire.citationTitleSocial Sciences-Basel
oaire.citationVolume11
oaire.licenseConditionhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
oaire.licenseCondition.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
oaire.resourceTypeArtículo de Revista
oaire.versionVersión publicada
utalca.catalogadorMPE
utalca.facultadUniversidad de Talca (Chile). Facultad de Economía y Negocios.
utalca.idcargaMPE
utalca.indexArtículo indexado en Web of Science
utalca.indexArtículo indexado en Scopus
utalca.informaciondegeneroHombre
utalca.odsIndustria, innovación e infraestructura
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