30Sep 2017

ABSORPTIVE CAPACITIES AND INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL IN GRADUATED ENTERPRISES FROM A BUSINESS INCUBATOR IN THE NORTH OF MEXICO.

  • Instituto Tecnol?gico de Sonora. Sonora, M?xico.
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Today, the intangible assets have become important resources in organizations, due to they generate value and raise the life expectancy of companies. However, there is no analysis related to the generation of these assets, especially those that involve the development of knowledge in newly created companies. It is for this reason that the objective of this research is to identify the relationship between the absorption capacities and the intellectual capital, as well as knowing the influence level of these capacities on the intellectual capital development (human, structural and relational capital). In order to elaborate this study, it was applied a survey to 100 graduated companies from the business incubator in the Technological Institute of Sonora, in Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mexico. A quantitative analysis was applied using Pearson correlation and multiple regression. It was identified the existence of a relationship and a partial influence among the studied variables, although a positive relationship was found, not in all cases the link was significant.


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[Marisol Rodr?guez Borb?n, Cecilia Lorena Velarde Flores, Sacnict? Valdez del R?o, Valeria Carolina Le?n Ram?rez and Marco Alberto N??ez Ram?rez. (2017); ABSORPTIVE CAPACITIES AND INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL IN GRADUATED ENTERPRISES FROM A BUSINESS INCUBATOR IN THE NORTH OF MEXICO. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Sep). 1578-1584] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com


Marco Alberto Núñez Ramírez
Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/5481      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/5481