Abstract

QUINTERO, Santiago et al. Measurement technological innovation capabilities in agriculture knowledge and innovation systems. Cienc. Tecnol. Agropecuaria [online]. 2021, vol.22, n.1, e1896.  Epub Jan 01, 2021. ISSN 0122-8706.  https://doi.org/10.21930/rcta.vol22_num1_art:1896.

Innovation systems’ knowledge and technology generation, diffusion and use functions are associated with technological innovation capabilities (TICs). TICs play a crucial role in the innovating performance of agricultural knowledge and innovation systems (AKISs). Yet, the perspectives of current methods do not facilitate a dynamical and organizational understanding of TICs and, thus, innovation systems. This paper proposes a method that relates TICs to an organizational behavior model to measure the TIC level. We apply the method through a survey of 256 coffee AKIS firms and 74 avocado AKIS firms in Antioquia, Colombia. The results presented confirm that the measurement of TIC levels and their dynamics over time provides a better understanding of innovation processes to evaluate and identify existing gaps between TICs and these systems’ innovation functions.

Keywords : avocado; coffee; innovation functions; innovation systems; technological innovation capabilities.

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