48435 20200909105805.0 doi 10.1142/S1363919616500614 sideral 93820 ART-2016-93820 eng (orcid)0000-0002-9958-9972 Vicente-Oliva, Silvia Maria Enhancing the Outcomes in R&D Collaborative Projects: an empirical analysis of the Middle Ebro Valley in Spain 2016 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted The collaboration for developing research and development (R&D) projects highlights the importance to access new external knowledge. Drawing from a mixed-methods approach in a sample of projects carried out by Spanish firms, our key findings show that every project’s dimension of absorptive capacity is related to collaborative performance in different ways. Organisations with capability difficulties to transform external knowledge enhanced their R&D projects’ outcomes by collaborating more intensively. However, it is the ability to exploit that external knowledge into innovation which could be the key to obtain outcomes and support to R&D programs. The regional particularities have showed new ways to collaborate due to the innovation culture in the Middle Ebro Valley. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess All rights reserved http://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/ 0.582 2016 Business and International Management 2016 Q1 Strategy and Management 2016 Q2 Management of Technology and Innovation 2016 Q2 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion (orcid)0000-0001-6602-8901 Martínez-Sánchez, Angel Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-3934-5359 Berges-Muro, Luis Universidad de Zaragoza 4012 650 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Direcc.Organiza.Empresas Área Organización de Empresas 5002 515 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Ingeniería Diseño Fabri. Área Ing. Procesos Fabricación 20, 5 (2016), 1650061 [38 pp.] Int. j. innov. manag. International Journal of Innovation Management 1363-9196 451447 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/48435/files/texto_completo.pdf Postprint 42605 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/48435/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Postprint oai:zaguan.unizar.es:48435 articulos driver 2020-09-09-10:49:19 ARTICLE