Individual, Organizational, and Institutional Determinants of Formal and Informal Inter-Firm Cooperation in SMEs

被引:47
作者
Martin, Domingo [1 ]
Romero, Isidoro [1 ]
Wegner, Douglas [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Seville, Appl Econ, Seville, Spain
[2] Unisinos Univ, Interorg Relat, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
关键词
GENDER; PERFORMANCE; TRUST; GOVERNANCE; NETWORKS; COLLABORATION; ENVIRONMENT; BUSINESSES; INNOVATION; EDUCATION;
D O I
10.1111/jsbm.12445
中图分类号
C93 [管理学];
学科分类号
12 ; 1201 ; 1202 ; 120202 ;
摘要
Inter-firm cooperation has been considered an important strategy for SMEs to overcome competitive difficulties. Despite the relevance of this strategy there are no studies that jointly consider how entrepreneurs' characteristics, organizational factors, and institutional features influence SMEs to establish cooperative agreements. In order to bridge this gap, we analyze what factors at these three levels explain inter-firm cooperation and whether formal and informal inter-firm agreements are explained by different factors. Our research is based on a survey of 1,587 Spanish SMEs and the results show that individual, organizational, and institutional factors contribute to jointly shape the decisions concerning inter-firm cooperation.
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页码:1698 / 1711
页数:14
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