Entrepreneurial innovation: The importance of context

Autio, Erkko; Kenney, Martín; Mustar, Philippe; Siegel, Donald S.; Wright, Mike

doi:10.1016/j.respol.2014.01.015

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“…The entrepreneurs do not believe that they can get the funds without the necessity of returning them when the project is well executed. What is more, they are not aware of the importance of innovation (Andersson et al, 2016;Autio et al, 2014;Herrera, 2016). The lack of need is also underlined in the report "How to make business in Poland?…”

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Entrepreneurship development vs. reluctance in applying for the European Union funds: A case study on the example of the Mazovian Region in Poland

Walaszczyk

Belina

2017

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Abstract:The main objective of the article is to investigate why entrepreneurs from the Mazovian region are not eager to apply for the EU funds. The authors asked the following research questions: Why are the entrepreneurs reluctant to apply for the EU funds? How (if) has the situation changed comparing the 2007-2013 and the 2014-2020 perspectives? What should be changed from the side of the EU perspective? In the research a qualitative method -direct interview with entrepreneurs -was used. 171 entrepreneurs were interviewed. Purposive sampling was used. The authors chose the companies, which fulfilled the following conditions: they were interested in applying for the EU funds; they had experience in getting support from the European Union; they perceive themselves as "innovative". All enterprises were from the Mazovian region in Poland. It was stated that a large number of companies wants to apply for the EU funds, but they cannot do it due to many factors such as the necessity to include own funds; no interest to participate in any project; the willingness to purchase the apparatus or appliance or too high bureaucracy. The best way to make the EU funds available for the companies is to meet their problems and expectations first. It should be done in the form of consultations between the government and business world. Such consultations would bring ideas, which topics should be included into the proposed programmes. The originality of this work lies in studying factors, which make the entrepreneurs from the Mazovian region impossible to apply for the EU funds. It is very important to recognise them as the 2014-2020 perspective offers a huge amount of money, which could be well spent by the entrepreneurs, if they managed with hampering factors.

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Entrepreneurship development vs. reluctance in applying for the European Union funds: A case study on the example of the Mazovian Region in Poland

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Belina

2017

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“…the primary research question is "when" (Autio et al, 2014). Studies that had used qualitative case methods have highlighted the importance of context when studying different aspects of technology transfer.…”

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A review of qualitative case methods trends and themes used in technology transfer research

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The focus of this paper is to review the qualitative case methods that have been used in technology transfer research over the last 20 years from 1996 to 2015. Qualitative case methods allow for more in-depth analyses and provide the opportunity to place research into a certain context due to the selection of e.g. specific sectors, institutions, countries, etc. Using a systematic literature review of five of the top journals in the field of technology transfer research, namely Journal of Technology Transfer, Research Policy, Science and Public Policy, R&D Management and Technovation, it yielded 107 articles using the search terms: "Technology Transfer" AND ("Case Study" OR "Case Method" OR "Qualitative"). Our findings found a clustering of themes using qualitative case methods around technology transfer mechanisms and TTOs, academic entrepreneurship, university-industry collaboration, commercialization as well as R&D and firm knowledge transfer. We also identify trends in case method technology transfer research with respect to authorship, location of papers, sectoral contexts, data collection, numbers of cases and data analysis software. We conclude our paper discussing the implications of trends and themes and suggest that researchers need to reflect on used terminology to describe qualitative case methods and their utilization. We conclude by postulating a to advance technology transfer researcher further there is a need for more plurality of data collection methods for qualitative case methods research.

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“…Only some recent studies started to stress the role of context in explaining entrepreneurial actions and outcomes (including technology transition). For instance, Autio et al (2014) provided a list of contexts that are important for entrepreneurial innovation: temporal; spatial; organizational; institutional/policy; social; and industry/technology. Further, Zahra, Wright and Abdelgawad (2014) argued that because contextual factors can explain entrepreneurial activities with particular meaning, they should not be used just as controlling variables in the relevant studies.…”

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“…Those contexts include temporal, spatial, organizational, institutional/policy, social, and industry/technology ones (Autio et al, 2014). Of them, the remainder of this dissertation seeks to shed light on the social (network), spatial (region), and industrial (technology) contexts underlying the DOD SBIR technology transition.…”

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“…In particular, a paucity of studies on macroscopic factors hindered the SBIR community from understanding the effect of contexts on entrepreneurial innovations, and failed to inform policymakers of how to boost entrepreneurial activities by adjusting the contexts (Autio et al, 2014). For instance, the DOD and SBA may be able to meet their SBIR goals by better understanding the contextual effects.…”

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Accelerating the Transition of Technologies Created through the U.S. Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research Program

Ryu

2017

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For more information on this publication, visit http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD405.html Published by the RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, Calif. © Copyright 2017 RAND Corporation R® is a registered trademark Limited Print and Electronic Distribution RightsThis document and trademark(s) contained herein are protected by law. This representation of RAND intellectual property is provided for noncommercial use only. Unauthorized posting of this publication online is prohibited. Permission is given to duplicate this document for personal use only, as long as it is unaltered and complete. Permission is required from RAND to reproduce, or reuse in another form, any of its research documents for commercial use. For information on reprint and linking permissions, please visit www.rand.org/pubs/permissions.html.The RAND Corporation is a research organization that develops solutions to public policy challenges to help make communities throughout the world safer and more secure, healthier and more prosperous. RAND is nonprofit, nonpartisan, and committed to the public interest. RAND's publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors.Support RAND Make a tax-deductible charitable contribution at www.rand.org/giving/contribute www.rand.org iii AbstractThe objective of this dissertation is to better understand the contextual effects on the success of the transition of technologies generated through the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, and to pull out policy recommendations for facilitating the way the SBIR transitions technologies from abstract concepts to concrete engineering capabilities that the U.S. can use in its military systems. To that end, I explore how social (network), spatial (region), and industrial (technology) factors affect the SBIR's ability to do this. Specifically, I examine the contextual effects of network, regional, and industrial characteristics on the success of technology transition using various regression models. To incorporate multilevel factors, in particular, I employ hierarchical linear models with firm-and region/ industry-level variables related to state-level innovation capacity, anchor tenants, innovation brokers, technology life cycle, technology market, technological and network positions of SBIR awardees in relation to the DOD (including its research laboratories) and prime contractors.Findings of this dissertation include: small firms' larger SBIR awards, higher age, more cutting-edge technology or high-tech focus are more likely to lead to success in technology transition; small firms' higher technological distance (in particular, relative to prime contractors) and more central network position are more likely to facilitate technology transition; the number of defense labs in a state may matter in small firms' winning federal procurement contracts and improving their return on investment; the number of DOD mentors (i.e., large prime contractors who signed up for mentoring small busin...

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Entrepreneurial innovation: The importance of context

Cited by 1,044 publications

References 76 publications

Entrepreneurship development vs. reluctance in applying for the European Union funds: A case study on the example of the Mazovian Region in Poland

Entrepreneurship development vs. reluctance in applying for the European Union funds: A case study on the example of the Mazovian Region in Poland

A review of qualitative case methods trends and themes used in technology transfer research

Accelerating the Transition of Technologies Created through the U.S. Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research Program

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