Measurement technological innovation capabilities in agriculture knowledge and innovation systems

• Published in: Ciencia y Tecnología Agropecuaria Vol. 22; no. 1
• Main Authors: Quintero, Santiago, Ruíz-Castañeda, Walter, Santiago Cubillos Jiménez, Bibiana Marcela Marín Sánchez, Giraldo, Diana P, Vélez Acosta, Lina M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Portuguese
• Published: Bogota AgroSavia. Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria 01.01.2021; Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria - Corpoica
• Subjects: Agricultural production; Agriculture; AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY; Coffee; Competition; Competitive advantage; Innovations; Interactive learning; Knowledge; Organizational aspects; Organizational behavior; R&D; Research & development; Technological change; Technology; Colombia; aguacate; avocado; technological innovation capabilities; sistemas de innovación; innovation functions; funciones de innovación; coffee; capacidades tecnológicas para la innovación; innovation systems; café
• ISSN: 2500-5308
• DOI: 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.