Technology Transfer between Technology Centres and SMEs: Evidence from the Basque Country

Olazaran, Mikel; Gallastegi, Eneka Albizu; Otero, Beatriz

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“…Firstly, enterprises with an orientation towards radical innovations are involved in science-based collaboration with universities (Kenney and Mowery 2014;O'Connor and De Martino 2006). Traditionally, rather than intrapreneurial and commercial innovation practices, enterprise-university partnerships are characterized by an absorptive capacity of inflows knowledge as well as possibilities to access to R&D public funding, qualified/specialized personnel, and technological capabilities (Cohen and Levinthal 1990;Belderbos et al 2004;Colombo et al 2004;Astrom et al 2008;Olazarán et al 2009). In this sense, the strategic purposes behind university-enterprise partnerships are learning/acquiring new external knowledge, technological regeneration, absorption of new skills, and development of radical or long-term innovations, through, for example, networking or outsourcing (Bonaccorsi et al 2013;Kenney and Mowery 2014;Gassmann 2006;Grimaldi et al 2011;Nambisan et al 2012).…”

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Innovation practices in emerging economies: Do university partnerships matter?

2017

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Enterprises' resources and capabilities determine their ability to achieve competitive advantage. In this regard, the key innovation challenges that enterprises face are liabilities associated with their age and size, and the entry barriers imposed on them. In this line, a growing number of enterprises are starting to implement innovation practices in which they employ both internal/external flows of knowledge in order to explore/exploit innovation in collaboration with commercial or scientific agents. Within this context, universities play a significant role providing fertile knowledge-intensive environments to support the exploration and exploitation of innovative and entrepreneurial ideas, especially in emerging economies, where governments have created subsidies to promote enterprise innovation through compulsory university partnerships. Based on these ideas, the purpose of this exploratory research is to provide a better understanding about the role of universities on enterprises' innovation practices in emerging economies. More concretely, in the context of Mexico, we explored the enterprises' motivations to collaborate with universities in terms of innovation purposes (exploration and exploitation) or alternatives to access to public funds (compulsory requirement of being involved in a university partnership).

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Innovation practices in emerging economies: Do university partnerships matter?

2017

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“…This feature has influenced the specialization and the services offered, consisting of laboratories and testing, assessment and training adapted to firms' needs. The main concern has been solving immediate technical problems to maintaining competitiveness, through process innovation (Olazarán et al, 2009). The main drawback is the sparse contract R&D resources from firms and therefore the possibilities for acquiring scientific input.…”

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Emerging forms of cross-sector collaboration in the Spanish innovation system

Fernández-Esquinas

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2011

Sci. and Pub. Pol.

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The Spanish innovation system has grown since the 1980s following a predominantly supply-side model where R&D capacities have concentrated in universities and public research organizations. Since then efforts have been made to stimulate cross-sector linkages. These have relied on universityindustry projects, various forms of interface organizations, technology centres and programmes to encourage mobility. However, initiatives have encountered some significant drawbacks. Due to a lack of progress, a range of centres and other collaborative arrangements have emerged since 2000 to try to foster greater collaboration and firm based innovation. The process of policy change and their institutional structure are examined in the context of current and potential impact on the national innovation system.

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“…La I+D+i no está entre las prioridades de las PYMES, por esta razón, existe un número importante que no se involucra en proyectos de I+D (Aström, Eriksson y Arnold, 2008;Olazaran, Albizu y Otero, 2009;Roessl, Kesler y Fink, 2010). Las organizaciones no suelen acudir a los centros de innovación y desarrollo tecnológico.…”

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“…Esto ocurre común-mente en PYMES de sectores con una intensidad tecnológica baja (Santamaría, García y Rialp, 2002). Además, existen otras dificultades, como la falta de confianza de las organizaciones que protegen sus conocimientos o que temen compartir su know-how interno Olazaran et al (2009).…”

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Una aproximación teórica a la innovación. Fuentes y barreras en el sector lácteo

Díaz¹,

Mateus²

2017

CIFE

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<p>Las distintas problemáticas del sector agropecuario en Colombia requieren de la configuración de conglomerados productivos menos vulnerables y con el acompañamiento de una formulación de políticas públicas que disminuyan la brecha entre la investigación y la adopción de tecnología. A pesar de que el gobierno está trabajando en mejorar la Política de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación para el sector agropecuario, orientándola a atender la baja productividad, uno de los sectores que aún enfrenta de forma acentuada estas discrepancias es el sector lácteo. En dicho contexto, este artículo tiene por objetivo presentar un esquema teórico de la innovación como referente para la toma de decisiones de los diferentes agentes participantes en la cadena láctea. Para tal propósito, se ha realizado una revisión de la literatura sobre innovación y en ella se han identificado las principales fuentes y barreras para analizarlas en el contexto de la cadena láctea. En conclusión, en la cadena láctea existe una relación entre las fuentes y las barreras identificadas en la literatura de la innovación.</p>

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Technology Transfer between Technology Centres and SMEs: Evidence from the Basque Country

Cited by 23 publications

References 39 publications

Innovation practices in emerging economies: Do university partnerships matter?

Innovation practices in emerging economies: Do university partnerships matter?

Emerging forms of cross-sector collaboration in the Spanish innovation system

Una aproximación teórica a la innovación. Fuentes y barreras en el sector lácteo

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