Date of Award
12-15-2014
Document Type
Open Access Thesis
Department
Moore School of Business
First Advisor
Douglas Woodward
Abstract
In this thesis, I examine the impact that a firm's connections and internal resources has on the firm's ability to develop new products. The capability to make improvements to products is crucial to the long term success and growth of a firm. By using structural equation modeling, I take a different approach to network analysis to analyze data from the Argentine wine industry. While I did not find strong evidence to support the hypothesis that the combination of external networks and internal knowledge are key drivers to product upgrading, there was strong evidence to support each individual determinant’s impact on upgrading.
Rights
© 2014, Lucas Marc Cyr
Recommended Citation
Cyr, L. M.(2014). Determinants of Product Upgrading in the Argentine Wine Industry. (Master's thesis). Retrieved from https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/2977