Research on effectiveness of technology transfer in technology alliances: evidence from Turkish SMEs

Günsel, Ayşe; Dodourova, Mariana; Ergün, Ayça Tükel; Gerni, Cevat

doi:10.1080/09537325.2018.1495836

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“…Indeed management and OB scholars have started to express a greater interest toward behavioral issues regarding what a fitting context for KMS and innovativeness should be, as evident from the multiple calls and editorials (Sergeeva and Andreeva, 2016;Michailova, 2011;Bamberger, 2008;Johns, 2006). In this paper, following Ghoschal and Barlett (1994), Cabrera et al (2006), Wang and Noe (2010), Huang et al (2011), Lin et al (2012, Schmitz et al (2014), Verma and Sinha (2016), Günsel et al (2019) and Wang et al (2018), we identify top management support, mutual trust and reward systems as the primary characteristics of organizational context. So, we consider organizational context as a three-dimensional concept composed of top management support, mutual trust and reward systems, and we describe how each of these dimensions is related to KMS and firm innovativeness.…”

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Building a fitting context for knowledge management and innovativeness

Günsel

Bozkurt

Mehtap

2020

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Purpose In the hyper-dynamic business world of today, innovation has become the lifeblood of organizations. Knowledge management (KM) is widely considered an essential antecedent of innovation. However, very little empirical research has specifically addressed how KM is nurtured as support for innovation from a behavioral point of view. This paper aims to operationalize the characteristics of a fitting context – in terms of top management support, organizational rewards and mutual trust – and to clarify the role of organizational context on knowledge management strategies (KMS) and ultimately on firm innovativeness. Design/methodology/approach By studying 98 surveys from 23 companies from Technology Fast 50 list, based on using the partial least squares method, the authors find that this organizational context has a significant impact on the formulation and implementation of KMS. Findings Organizational/behavioral context has significant effects on the formulation and implementation of KMS as well as firm innovativeness. The results also demonstrate that the tacit KMS has a crucial impact on firm innovativeness. Originality/value From a behavioral perspective, this study empirically examines the role of organizational context (top management support, organizational rewards and mutual trust), KMS and firm innovativeness in a holistic manner in Turkey, a developing country. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, no researcher has undergone those relationships in literature.

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Building a fitting context for knowledge management and innovativeness

Günsel

Bozkurt

Mehtap

2020

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“…The SCE assumes the existence of different levels placed in the supply chain, which are determined by predictability (the variability in achieving objectives) and control (actual results and targets) (Günsel et al 2019).…”

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Optimising supply chain effectiveness among state-owned enterprises in South Africa

Chinomona,

Nematatani,

Ntshingila

2023

Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management

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Background: State-owned enterprises (SOEs) play an important role in the economies of many developed and developing countries. However, most SOEs fail to provide efficient or effective public service delivery. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate how SOEs in Gauteng province in South Africa can enhance supply chain effectiveness (SCE).Objectives: In the study, the relationships are investigated between total quality management (TQM), competitive advantage (CA), innovation (IN), SCE in the selected South African SOEs in Gauteng province.Method: A quantitative design was adopted in which a survey questionnaire was administered to 863 supply chain practitioners working in SOEs in South Africa Gauteng province. Data were analysed with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS 27.0) and SMART PLS (version 3.0).Results: The results of the study showed that knowledge management and CA predict the establishment of SCE in SOEs in the Gauteng province. However, IN was not supported but is of significance towards achieving SCE in SOEs in the Gauteng province.Conclusion: The adoption of CA by SOEs over industry competitors is essential toward success.Contribution: The results of this study will contribute to the improvement of South Africa’s economy by enabling SOEs to establish a competitive edge in their respective industries.

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“…In addition, the importance of the characteristics of partners for promoting their propensity to share information holds importance within the context of SMEs. In developing countries, SME managers attempt to develop the new practices, processes, norms and techniques that enable them to acquire knowledge, resources and the capacities necessary for successful transfers of new technologies from developed countries (Günsel et al , 2019).…”

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The spinner innovation model: understanding the knowledge creation, knowledge transfer and innovation process in SMEs

Veiga

Figueiredo

Ferreira

et al. 2021

BPMJ

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PurposeThe objective of this article is to empirically study the influence of the characteristics of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the processes of knowledge creation, knowledge transfer and innovation in conjunction with the utilisation of private and public knowledge (KM) in accordance with the “spinner innovation model” (SIM).Design/methodology/approachThe article deploys a sample of primary data generated by a questionnaire applied to the managers of hotel SMEs in Portugal. This involved the application of the covariance and multiple regression analytical methods.FindingsThe results demonstrate that some of the SME characteristics return significant impacts on private and public KM: the processes of knowledge creation, transfers of knowledge and innovation. The results also identify how private KM statistically predicts the processes of knowledge creation and transfer and innovation while public KM shapes and influences the creation of knowledge.Research limitations/implicationsAs with any other such study, the key limitation stems from the sample made up of 82 hotel directors, which represents only a low rate of response even though the project deployed all of the procedures available to avoid such an outcome.Practical implicationsThe SIM approach to the innovation process may assist strategic decision-makers to improve their tools and relations, avoid repeated working overlaps in existing processes as well as enabling more competitive approaches in terms of innovation.Social implicationsFurthermore, the responses ascertained reflect only the universe of study, conditioned by the context that produced them; hence, any generalisation of the results requires due caution.Originality/valueThis is the first study to empirically analyse the influence of the characteristics of SMEs over the processes of creating and transferring knowledge and innovation based upon applying the SIM and observing the extent of public and private knowledge in the hotel sector of Europe, more specifically, Portugal.

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Research on effectiveness of technology transfer in technology alliances: evidence from Turkish SMEs

Cited by 17 publications

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Building a fitting context for knowledge management and innovativeness

Building a fitting context for knowledge management and innovativeness

Optimising supply chain effectiveness among state-owned enterprises in South Africa

The spinner innovation model: understanding the knowledge creation, knowledge transfer and innovation process in SMEs

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