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Firm innovative performance in emerging markets must take into account the peculiarities of their competitive environment. Research on the effect of innovation on firm performance focuses mainly on high-tech firms in developed countries. This study proposes a model that empirically examines how technological and non-technological innovation influence Peruvian manufacturing firms' performance.

Using the resource-based view, a model is proposed that allows the mediation effects of technological innovation and non-technological innovation on firm performance among low and medium-low technological intensity manufacturing firms to be analyzed. The study uses structural equation modeling and mediation analysis with data from 503 Peruvian firms researched in the 2012 National Survey of Innovation.

The model's validation shows that the integrated perspective is relevant for emerging markets like Peru. Moreover, the results confirm that technological and non-technological innovation and their interrelationship are important for understanding the performance dimensions of Peruvian manufacturing firms.

This paper contributes to the literature on innovation in Latin American economies, proposing and validating a model that combines the mediation effects of technological and non-technological innovation to explain the relevant dimensions of firm performance in emerging markets.

This paper aims to evaluate the relationship between external sources of knowledge and technological innovation and then analyze how technological innovation improves firm performance.

This study presents evidence based on a sample of 708 low-tech firms that participated in the National Survey of Innovation in the Manufacturing Industry and Knowledge-Intensive Service Firms (ENIIMSEC). A structural equation model approach was applied in this study.

There is a positive relationship between external sources of knowledge and technological innovation; technological innovation improves firm performance.

These results provide a deeper knowledge about how manufacturing firms in an emerging economy can apply open innovation practices to develop technological innovation, thus improving the firms' performance.

El artículo tiene por propósito evaluar la relación entre las fuentes externas de conocimiento y la innovación tecnológica, para luego analizar como esta mejora el desempeño de la empresa.

Este estudio presenta evidencia basado en una base de datos de 708 empresas de baja intensidad tecnológica que participaron en la Encuesta Nacional de Innovación en la Industria Manufacturera y Empresas de Servicios Intensivas en Conocimiento (ENIIMSEC) 2018. Se aplico el enfoque del modelo de ecuaciones estructurales.

Existe una relación positiva entre las fuentes externas de conocimiento y la innovación tecnológica, para que luego esta mejore el desempeño de la empresa.

Estos resultados proporcionan un conocimiento más profundo sobre como las empresas de manufactura de menor intensidad tecnológica pertenecientes a una economía emergente son capaces de aplicar las prácticas de la innovación abierta para desarrollar la innovación tecnológica, mejorando el desempeño de la empresa.