Open to a Select Few? Matching Partners and Knowledge Content for Open Innovation Performance

Bengtsson, Lars; Lakemond, Nicolette; Lazzarotti, Valentina; Manzini, Raffaella; Pellegrini, Luisa; Tell, Fredrik

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“…Process innovation in manufacturing, for example, may be most strongly linked to collaboration with universities and suppliers (Un and Asakawa 2015). This suggests the need for firms, and particularly micro-enterprises with limited relationship management capacity and managerial cognition, to adopt a strategic approach to partner choice (Bengtsson et al 2015). Kohler et al (2012), in particular, identify those partner types most strongly associated with success in introducing new-to-the-market innovation for a large group of European firms.…”

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Investigating a neglected part of Schumpeter’s creative army: what drives new-to-the-market innovation in micro-enterprises?

Roper

Hewitt‐Dundas

2017

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Schumpeterian arguments related to creative destruction place small, entrepreneurial firms at the centre of the innovation process. The exclusion of microenterprises (with less than 10 employees) from most innovation surveys means, however, that we know relatively little about innovation among this group of firms. Here, using new survey data on a thousand micro-enterprises, we explore the determinants of new-to-the-market innovation, the basis for the Schumpeterian creative destruction (CD) process. Our results provide strong support for the interactive nature of micro-enterprise innovation and suggest the potential value of a model of interactive creative destruction (ICD). Contrary to some other recent evidence, market-based and supplier-based collaboration both prove important for new-to-the-market innovation. Our results suggest the importance of micro-enterprises as sources of new-to-the-market innovation and the potential value of including such firms in future innovation studies.

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Investigating a neglected part of Schumpeter’s creative army: what drives new-to-the-market innovation in micro-enterprises?

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Hewitt‐Dundas

2017

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“…Ana Maria Simões Ribeiro, Fernanda Almeida Marcon e Rudimar Antunes da Rocha presença de uma rede de organizações públicas e privadas, compartilhando recursos e infraestruturas de pesquisa voltadas para a inovação e à propriedade intelectual (depósitos de patentes), de modo a reduzir custos e riscos para os agentes envolvidos (RAPINI, 2001;CAVALCANTE, 2013;CHESBROUGH, 2014;BENGTSSON et al 2015).…”

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“…Por meio da inovação, bases de conhecimento são recombinadas a fim de criar novas e valiosas saídas, e os desempenhos dessas inovações são analisados considerando aspectos como novidade e eficiência (BENGTSSON et al, 2015). Além disso, ideias inovadoras apresentam uma dinâmica relacionada mais aos processos de aprendizagem do que à disponibilidade de recursos em si, razão pela qual acabam se tornando dependentes de agentes encarregados da produção e transmissão de conhecimentos (MOTA, 1999).…”

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“…Trata-se de uma concepção totalmente relacionada à colaboração entre agentes, isto é, à colaboração profunda entre universidades/consultores, concorrentes e empresas em outras indústrias, que contribuem para a inovação com a criação de novos produtos, processos e mercados. Essa relação colaborativa é mais valiosa para a obtenção de eficiência de inovação, pois reduz custos e riscos para as partes envolvidas (BENGTSSON et al, 2015).…”

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Interação Universidade-Empresa: O Caso Da Secretaria De Inovação Da Ufsc

Ribeiro

Marcon

Rocha

2018

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O presente artigo aborda a Interação Universidade-Empresa a partir de um estudo de caso único realizado na Secretaria de Inovação da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC). Trata-se de uma pesquisa de caráter exploratório, abordagem qualitativa e quantitativa e, quanto ao intervalo de tempo analisado, longitudinal. Dados secundários foram obtidos por meio de relatórios de gestão da Secretaria de Inovação da UFSC, referentes ao período de 2005 a 2015. A análise dos documentos foi realizada de junho a setembro de 2016 e os dados sistematizados em recursos gráficos. Restou evidente a importância da atuação da secretaria no que tange às relações entre a Universidade e o setor privado. Foram obtidas informações que vão ao encontro da literatura, como a predominância dos centros de engenharias e tecnologia nas interações com empresas. Este trabalho contribui para os estudos sobre Interação Universidade-Empresa, na medida em que demonstra a relevância da atuação de um setor universitário na formalização e condução de projetos entre as instituições de ensino superior e as empresas. Palavras-chaves: Interação universidade-empresa. Transferência de tecnologia. Sistema nacional de inovação.AbstractThis article addresses the University-Industry Interaction from a single case study carried out at the Innovation Department of the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC). It is a research of exploratory nature, qualitative and quantitative approach and, as for the time interval analyzed, longitudinal. Secondary data were obtained through management reports from the Innovation Department of UFSC, referring to the period from 2005 to 2015. The analysis of the documents was carried out from June to September of 2016 and the data were systematized in graphic resources. The importance of the department’s role in relations between the University and the private sector remained evident. The information obtained corroborates the literature, such as the predominance of engineering and technology centers in the interactions with companies. This work contributes to the studies on University-Industry Interaction, because it demonstrates the relevance of the performance of a university sector in the formalization and conduction of projects between higher education institutions and companies.Keywords: University-industry interaction. Technology transfer. National innovation system.

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“…2) with more than ten employees in Italy, Finland and Sweden (see Bengtsson et al, 2015). Researchers from the three countries followed similar steps for the survey design and the data collection process, as recommended by Forza (2002) and others.…”

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Appropriability: a key to opening innovation internationally?

Stefan

Bengtsson

2016

IJTM

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This study focuses on the tense appropriability-openness relationship, defined by some as paradox. Based on an international survey of 415 manufacturing firms, we investigate how the use of different kinds of intellectual property protection mechanisms (IPPMs) affects interfirm R&D collaboration while considering partner location in the analysis as well. Our results show that the use of formal, semi-formal or informal IPPMs has different effects on openness in terms of partner variety and depth of collaboration with academic partners, value chain partners and competitors. Moreover, when considering location we uncover previously hidden appropriability-openness liaisons showing that semi-formal or informal IPPMs are mainly valid in relation to national partners, whereas formal appropriability explains international collaborations. One implication of the study is that to better understand the appropriability-openness relationship it is imperative to differentiate between national and international settings. We further suggest that the potential paradox delineating this relationship has a geographical dimension.Keywords: appropriability; intellectual property protection mechanisms; IPPMs; inter-firm collaboration; paradox of openness; R&D collaboration; international collaboration; open innovation; partner location; partner breadth; variety; partner depth; survey.Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Stefan, I. and Bengtsson, L. (2016) 'Appropriability: a key to opening innovation internationally? ', Int. J. Technology Management, Vol. 71, Nos. 3/4, Biographical notes: Ioana Stefan is a doctoral student at the University of Gävle and KTH Royal Institute of Technology. Her primary research focus is the role of intellectual property protection mechanisms in open innovation collaborations, including the investigation of appropriability-openness tensions. Aside from her doctoral studies, she is engaged in further research projects where she contributes by e.g., performing patent analyses or investigating technology trends.Lars Bengtsson is a Professor in Innovation Management at the University of Gävle, Sweden and a Docent at The KTH Royal Institute of Technology. He has published articles and books on the subjects of innovation management, knowledge integration, manufacturing strategies and outsourcing. He currently leads research focusing on open innovation, supply chain management, human lean and rapid innovators in emerging economies.

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Open to a Select Few? Matching Partners and Knowledge Content for Open Innovation Performance

Cited by 96 publications

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Investigating a neglected part of Schumpeter’s creative army: what drives new-to-the-market innovation in micro-enterprises?

Investigating a neglected part of Schumpeter’s creative army: what drives new-to-the-market innovation in micro-enterprises?

Interação Universidade-Empresa: O Caso Da Secretaria De Inovação Da Ufsc

Appropriability: a key to opening innovation internationally?

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