Percepción del riesgo y estrategias de capital relacional en la I+D empresarial

Irene  López-Navarro; Jesús  Rey-Rocha; M. Isabel  González-Bravo

doi:10.3989/redc.2023.2.1939

Autores/as

Irene López-Navarro Department of Science, Technology and Society. Spanish Council for Scientific Research (IFS-CSIC) - Department of Sociology and Communication. University of Salamanca https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9013-6128
Jesús Rey-Rocha Department of Science, Technology and Society. Spanish Council for Scientific Research (IFS-CSIC) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0122-1601
M. Isabel González-Bravo Faculty of Economics and Business. University of Salamanca https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3793-7510

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/redc.2023.2.1939

Palabras clave:

percepción del riesgo, I D empresarial, capital relacional, I D en colaboración, asociación empresarial, clúster

Resumen

La inversión en I+D puede comportar importantes beneficios para las compañías, sin embargo conlleva un riesgo inherente y no siempre produce los beneficios esperados. Una de las posibles opciones para hacer frente a esta incertidumbre es la colaboración con otros agentes. Este estudio analiza la relación entre la percepción del riesgo en las empresas en materia de ciencia e I+D y las diferentes estrategias de capital relacional. La presente investigación está basada en los resultados de la encuesta “Cultura científica, percepción y actitudes sobre la ciencia y la innovación en el sector empresarial español”. Se han identificado cinco patrones en función del tipo de riesgo percibido en las empresas y se ha comprobado cómo las estrategias de capital relacional han contribuido a darles forma. Los resultados evidencian que, si bien la I+D colaborativa está relacionada con una percepción de la investigación como una inversión arriesgada e incierta, la reticencia a asociarse está relacionada con una particular preocupación acerca de cómo este tipo de inversión podría afectar al empleo dentro de la empresa.

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