Person: Bello Pintado, Alejandro
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Publication Open Access Consequences of open innovation: effects on skill-driven recruitment(Emerald, 2020) Bello Pintado, Alejandro; Bianchi, Carlos; Enpresen Kudeaketa; Institute for Advanced Research in Business and Economics - INARBE; Gestión de EmpresasPurpose This paper aims to focus on the human side of inbound open innovation by analyzing the effects that the adoption of different knowledge search strategies for innovation has on new recruitment needs. Design/methodology/approach Building on several theoretical perspectives, the study proposes three hypotheses regarding the relationship between openness and the need to recruit people with high technical and social skills. Using a pooled panel data from the Uruguayan Innovation Survey between 2004 and 2012, the authors identify open strategies followed by the firm. Findings The estimation results using pooled panel data confirm that the adoption of inbound open search strategies for innovation demands the recruitment of new employees with higher technical and social skills. Technical skills are more likely to be demanded than social skills. The effects observed are moderated by the intensity in the use of knowledge and information sources (KISs). Originality/value This paper revisits the analysis of specific knowledge search strategies at the firm level. In doing so, the study looks for the effects of specific strategies combining different knowledge sources and considers different levels of use of external KISs, from narrow to wide. While other studies have analyzed the human factor as a determinant of the success of openness for innovation, this paper re-examines the direction of this relationship. Finally, the study contributes to the evidence from a Latin American country, where these topics have received less attention.Publication Open Access Trade-offs between external knowledge sources for firm innovation in a developing country(Oxford University Press, 2022) Bello Pintado, Alejandro; Bianchi, Carlos; Blanchard, Pablo; Gestión de Empresas; Enpresen KudeaketaThis paper studies the trade-off nature of the external knowledge-sourcing strategy of firms. Different combinations of external knowledge and information sources (KISs) on innovation performance are analyzed in the light of the existence of complementary and substitution effects between relational and codified sources. We assert that these effects are conditioned by the knowledge basis of the firm, which is associated with the firm's relative cost of sourcing and internationalization. Our results shed new evidence on the specific features of sourcing knowledge for innovation in a less developed context, highlighting the critical role of codified sources and explaining the existence of the trade-offs that firms face in accessing and exploiting external KIS.Publication Open Access Workforce education diversity, work organization and innovation propensity(Emerald, 2020) Bello Pintado, Alejandro; Bianchi, Carlos; Gestión de Empresas; Enpresen KudeaketaPurpose: Diversity of people, knowledge and resources has been identified as a determinant of firms' growth. This paper focusses on innovation propensity as a critical dimension of firm's growth path, aiming to analyse the effects of the firm's horizontal educational diversity (HED) on the propensity to conduct different technological innovation activities (TIAs). In addition, considering the evidence showing that these effects are neither direct nor linear, the authors analyse the moderating role of the firm's organizational practices oriented to knowledge sharing (KS) on the association between HED and the adoption of TIAs. Design/methodology/approach: Following the theoretical arguments of the resource-based view (RBV), the evolutionary economics and the dynamic capabilities approach and related empirical evidences, the authors proposed four hypotheses regarding the effect of HED on TIAs and the moderating role of work organization practices oriented to promote KS. Empirically, the authors calculated different HED diversity indexes capturing two basic dimensions: variety and balance. Hence, using instrumental variables and panel data techniques to control endogeneity biases, the authors tested the proposed hypotheses using a data set of Uruguayan manufacturing firms between 2004 and 2015. Findings: In line with previous evidence, results showed idiosyncratic context effects. The authors found a robust, linear, positive and significant relationship between HED and TIAs, but the effect can only be consistently associated with the adoption of internal or external research and development (R&D) activities. Moreover, the moderating role of work organization practices oriented to promote KS is positive and significant when firms engage in TIAs. For technological innovations that only involve the acquisiton of technology (AT), a positive effect is also observed but always associated to organizational practices oriented to promote KS. Originality/value: This paper revisits the analysis of workforce diversity for a relatively less explored context. This research contributes to the field by linking HED and work organization practices to understand firm's innovation propensity in a developing context. Moreover, while other studies have focussed only on top management or R&D team diversity, the authors have analysed the whole professional's workforce. It allows the authors to discuss the effects of diversity on innovation propensity in the light of the ongoing debate on the effects of innovation in employment.Publication Open Access Educational diversity, organizational structure and innovation performance: evidence from Uruguayan industry(Universidad de Chile, 2018) Bello Pintado, Alejandro; Bianchi, Carlos; Gestión de Empresas; Enpresen KudeaketaSe analiza la relación entre la diversidad educativa horizontal (DEH) y el desempeño innovador de las empresas, considerando el efecto de la DEH tanto en la propensión a innovar como en la intensidad innovadora de la empresa. Asimismo, se contrasta la hipótesis de que la estructura organizativa de la empresa modera dicha relación. Se usan datos de panel de la Encuesta de Actividades de Innovación de Uruguay entre 2006 y 2012. La DEH tiene escasa asociación con el desempeño innovador de la empresa. Las formas avanzadas de organización de la empresa tienen un efecto moderador positivo en dicha relación solo cuando se trata de empresas que alcanzan innovaciones radicales.