Collaboration and technology linkages: a strategic supplier typology

Kaufman, Allen; Wood, Craig H.; Theyel, Gregory

doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0266(200006)21:6<649::aid-smj108>3.0.co;2-u

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“…While other cited external knowledge sources: competitors, users, suppliers, universities and research institutes have received considerable levels of academic attention concerning their ability to contribute towards an organisations new product development processes (Kaufman et al, 2000;Sobrero and Roberts, 2002;Olson and Bakke, 2001;Lilien et al, 2002;Bonner and Walker, 2004;Dahan and Hauser, 2002;von Hippel and Katz, 2002;Gassmann et al, 2006;Dittrich et al, 2007;Perkmann and Walsh, 2007) we have found little evidence to suggest that the integration of independent inventors within the open innovation business model has received consideration.…”

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Independent inventors and inbound open innovation: using a resource-based approach to create a tool for screening inventor approaches in order to facilitate technology in-licensing

Smeilus

Harris

Pollard

2013

IJTMKT

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Abstract:Open innovation literature identifies independent inventors as a source of novel external knowledge.This knowledge may be licensed into an organisation in order to supplement internal R&D activity, typically as part of an inbound open innovation strategy. In opening an organisation up to approaches from individuals the capacity of the core team to identify promising licensing opportunities is diminished by the sheer volume and variable quality of approaches received.Based on a survey of 202 UK independent inventors this paper utilises a resource-based approach to identifying the key resources possessed by successful independent inventors. Using this data, we devise a preliminary screening tool to facilitate technology in-licensing from independent inventors.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 78%

Independent inventors and inbound open innovation: using a resource-based approach to create a tool for screening inventor approaches in order to facilitate technology in-licensing

Smeilus

Harris

Pollard

2013

IJTMKT

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“…By collaborating with partners, Firm A has improved their ability to engage in innovation throughout the supply chain [58]. "Tapping joint creativity capacities, joint organizational learning, knowledge sharing, [and] joint problem solving between supply chain partners" [16] allows a firm to introduce a new technology much more quickly.…”

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Assimilation of tracking technology in the supply chain

Basole

Nowak

2018

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Re

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While tracking technology has become increasingly accessible, firms still struggle with deploying these technologies into the supply chain. Using the complementary perspectives of transaction cost and institutional theory, we develop an understanding of how supply network, product, and environmental characteristics jointly impact tracking technology assimilation. We empirically test our model on a global dataset of 535 supply chain executives and decision makers. The results suggest that assimilation is frequently initiated by an external stakeholder in a firm's supply chain and that firms must develop strong collaborative ties with their partners in order to take full advantage of this technology.

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“…Opportunism can seriously undermine trust within existing supply chain relations and for future collaboration (Wuyts and Geyskens, 2005;Kaufman, Wood and Theyel, 2000). Given the potentially devastating effects of opportunism, partners may deploy additional resources towards monitoring and controlling exchange partners' behaviours (Wathne and Heide, 2000).…”

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Institutional Legitimacy, Cross-Border Trade and Institutional Voids: Insights from the Cocoa Industry in Ghana

Amankwah‐Amoah

Debrah

Nuertey

2018

Journal of Rural Studies

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In spite of a growing body of literature on market opportunism in emerging markets, it remains unclear how supply chain partners abuse the institutional voids emanating from weak markets and legal enforcement mechanisms. This study attempts to integrate the concept of 'institutional voids' with that of 'opportunism in inter-firm relationship' literature to examine how they create space and conditions for illegitimate activities to occur in a supply chain. Using insights from cocoa production and distribution in Ghana, we uncovered activities such as tampering, adjustment of weighing scales and smuggling as examples of illegitimate activities and abuses in the supply chain. The study revealed that these activities are manifestations of institutional voids arising from weak markets and legal enforcement mechanisms. An analysis of the supply chain partners' activities illuminates our understanding of the underlying processes inherent in market opportunism. Taken together, the study demonstrates how smuggling and theft-to-smuggle have taken on new prominence as an escape response to the institutional voids in the country. The implications for future research are examined.

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Collaboration and technology linkages: a strategic supplier typology

Cited by 280 publications

References 67 publications

Independent inventors and inbound open innovation: using a resource-based approach to create a tool for screening inventor approaches in order to facilitate technology in-licensing

Independent inventors and inbound open innovation: using a resource-based approach to create a tool for screening inventor approaches in order to facilitate technology in-licensing

Assimilation of tracking technology in the supply chain

Institutional Legitimacy, Cross-Border Trade and Institutional Voids: Insights from the Cocoa Industry in Ghana

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