Analysis of technological innovation capabilities in a localized regional aerospace system using a PLS -SEM model.

Authors

  • Juliette Vanessa Aguillón-Gómez Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana
  • Santiago Quintero-Ramirez Corporación Clúster Aeroespacial Colombiano
  • Douglas Alejandro Madrigal-Benítez Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana
  • Jhon F Escobar Corporación Universitaria Remington

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33571/rpolitec.v19n37a5

Keywords:

Technological innovation capabilities, Regional innovation system, Aerospace industry

Abstract

A methodological proposal is presented whose objective is to analyze the technological innovation capabilities of an aerospace regional innovation system (hereinafter ARIS) through a Partial Least Squares Structural Equations Model -PLS SEM. The model conceives that capacities and resources affect the technological learning of the system. The methodology is of a mixed sequential exploratory type. Through the method of deductive reasoning, the variables of the model are configured, which lead to the construction of an instrument that is tested with the companies associated with the ARIS of Antioquia - Colombia, based on the information obtained, we proceed to validate the consistency and reliability of the technological innovation capabilities (hereinafter TIC) measurement and evaluation system, through Cronbach's alpha coefficient to, finally, refine and improve the model from the application of PLS ​​SEM. In the improvement exercise based on the results, the use of variables that are not representative for the system is discarded. It is concluded that the set of variables selected for the system allows consolidating a construct that allowed measuring and evaluating the CTI, providing information on the levels of development of capabilities in the observed period of time. In addition, the incidence of technological learning is evidenced by the relationship of CTI accumulated by the system. 

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Author Biographies

Juliette Vanessa Aguillón-Gómez, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana

Especialista en gestión de la innovación y la tecnología

Santiago Quintero-Ramirez, Corporación Clúster Aeroespacial Colombiano

Ph.D Ingeniería Industria y Organizaciones, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia,

Douglas Alejandro Madrigal-Benítez, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana

Estudiante de Maestría en Gestión de la Tecnología

Jhon F Escobar, Corporación Universitaria Remington

Profesor /grupo de investigación Mundo Internacional/Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales

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Published

2023-03-28

How to Cite

Aguillón-Gómez, J. V., Quintero-Ramirez, S., Madrigal-Benítez, D. A., & Escobar, J. F. (2023). Analysis of technological innovation capabilities in a localized regional aerospace system using a PLS -SEM model. Revista Politécnica, 19(37), 57–82. https://doi.org/10.33571/rpolitec.v19n37a5