Multivariate Analysis to research innovation complementarities

MORERO, HERNÁN ALEJANDRO; ORTIZ, PABLO

African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development

Taylor & Francis

Año: 2017 p. 1 - 1

2042-1338

!--[if gte mso 9]> It is widely recognized that orthodox economics is obsessed with econometrics tools. However,econometrics techniques have a limited capacity to deal with qualitative variablescoming from surveys. This paper presents a defense of the use of statisticalmethods, in particular Multivariate Analysis, which is the overall objective ofthe paper. It is a set of methods powerful when the problem that arises impliesmultiple dependent or interdependent variables of a qualitative nature. Weconsidered an issue of the literature to probe it in a particular topic: thequestion of innovation complementarities. We analyze the presence ofcomplementarities between internal and external innovation activities in 257software firms from Argentina during the period 2008-2010, comparing