...Javier Fernando Del Carpio Gallegos; Jean Pierre Seclen-Luna Purpose This paper aims to evaluate the relationship between external sources of knowledge and technological innovation and then analyze how technological innovation improves firm performance. Design/methodology/approach This study...

.... Research limitations/implications As this is a theoretical paper concerning innovations that involve social elements at their core, the challenge is to incorporate technological innovation into the theoretical framework. This would help empirically oriented research on more types of innovation. Practical...