Towards a theory of the technology-based firm

Granstrand, Ove

doi:10.1016/s0048-7333(98)00067-5

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“…As noted by Granstand (1998) The fundamental importance of research collaborations for knowledge production is also reflected in the in the various systems of innovation concepts (see Lundvall 1992 among many others). In this conception the sources of new knowledge are often established between firms, universities, suppliers and customers.…”

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“…Organisations must collaborate more actively and more purposefully with each other in order to cope with converging technologies, and increasing market pressures due to changing patterns of demand in a globalising world (see, for instance, Fischer 2001). In particular, firms have expanded their knowledge bases into a wider range of technologies (Granstand 1998), requiring more diverse knowledge, so firms must learn how to integrate new knowledge into existing products or production processes (Cowan 2004). It may be difficult for a firm to develop this knowledge alone or acquire it via the market.…”

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Research Collaboration and Regional Knowledge Production in Europe

Hidas

Wolska

Fischer

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The Geography of Networks and R&D Collaborations

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Abstract. The focus of this study is on regional knowledge production in Europe, with special emphasis on the interplay between intra-and inter-regional research collaboration. The objective is to identify and measure effects of research collaboration on knowledge production at the level of European regions. We use a panel data spatial Durbin model (SDM) relationship for empirical testing. The European coverage is achieved using 228 NUTS-2 regions covering all pre-2007 EU member states except Cyprus, Greece and Malta. The dependent variable, regional knowledge production, is measured in terms of fractional patent counts at the regional level in the time period [2000][2001][2002][2003][2004][2005][2006][2007][2008], using patents applied at the European Patent Office (EPO). The independent variables include an agglomeration variable, reflecting intra-regional research collaboration, measured in terms of employment in knowledge intensive sectors, and a network variable, reflecting extra-regional research collaboration, measured in terms of a region´s collaboration activities in the EU Framework programmes (FPs), weighted by R&D expenditures in network partner regions. We implement a panel version of the standard SDM that controls for spatial autocorrelation as well as individual heterogeneity across regions, and allows for the estimation of spatial spillovers from neighbouring regions. The estimation results confirm the prevalence of agglomeration effects for regional knowledge production, and, by this, the importance of co-location of R&D actors. Furthermore, the study provides evidence that inter-regional R&D collaborations in the FPs significantly contribute to regional knowledge production. Up to now, there is only little empirical evidence on the local-global duality in knowledge creation at the regional level. In this study we take a regional perspective to address this question drawing on novel data sets providing information on project based networking activities in the The paper is organised as follows. Section 2 sheds some light on the theoretical background for the study, focusing on regional knowledge production and the importance of extra-regional research collaboration for gaining access to external knowledge sources. Section 3 outlines the econometric framework, specifying the empirical model in form of a panel version of the SDM relationship to be estimated. Section 4 comprises a detailed description of the empirical setting, presenting the ...

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Research Collaboration and Regional Knowledge Production in Europe

Hidas

Wolska

Fischer

et al. 2013

The Geography of Networks and R&D Collaborations

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“…The formation of directly corporate innovation systems is investigated by scientists in [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]. So, in work [8] it is noted that innovations are not only the result of invest ments in innovations, but the necessary elements are: culture, organizational changes in corporations, that is, system condi tions should be created for the formation of an innovative oriented company.…”

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Investigation of modern approaches to efficiency analysis of the functioning of corporate innovation systems

Kasych

Vochоzka

Buhas

2017

TAPR

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“…All the analytical and methodological aspects of innovation systems as identified by Carlsson et al (2002) should be addressed and clarified. Specific issues that come to mind are: the system definition/boundary, e.g., a strictly legal definition of the company versus a stakeholder involvement definition; the role of the system design principles (e.g., Van de Ven, 1986;Morgan 1986); the possible configurations of the system, archetypical, permanent or temporary (e.g., Teece, 1996;Chen et al, 2015); the governance and institutional characteristics of the system (e.g., Van de Ven, 1986;Teece, 1996); a definition of the elementary units of the system (e.g., Granstrand, 1998;Lakhal et al, 1999); the roles of resources (Granstrand, 1998) and capabilities (Coriat & Weinstein, 2002); the dynamic and evolutionary aspects of the concept (Carlsson et al, 2002).…”

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“…In each of those fields, the innovation systems approach is widely accepted. Van de Ven (1986), Teece (1996), Granstrand (1998Granstrand ( , 2000; Lakhal et al (1999), Coriat &Weinstein, 2002 andChen et al, 2015 proposed various building blocks for conceptualizing the company as a system of innovation. Still, at the company level, the dominant textbook approach is to regard innovation as a process (see, e.g, Trott, 2011;Tidd & Bessant, 2013).…”

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Company innovation system: an exploration based on examples from Arcelik and Vestel

Hartigh¹,

Uzun²,

Anwar³

2017

Pressacademia

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We conceptualize the company as an innovation system. The systems approach to innovation has received limited attention at the company level. While it is widely accepted for nations, sectors, regions and technologies, and while some company-level building blocks have been proposed, the dominant approach at company level is to regard innovation as a process. A company innovation system consists of interacting components with the purpose to produce innovation. Those components can be actors, resources or institutional characteristics. The components can be configured and reconfigured for different purposes. An innovation process is therefore one of the many possible configurations within a system. A systems approach emphasizes part-whole interactions and evolutionary dynamics. We explore the concept of company innovation system using case examples of two Turkish electronics manufacturers: Arçelik, with its Telve Turkish coffee machine, and Vestel with its 3D Smart TV. We find that using the company innovation system approach, we can map innovation systems at the company level, we can indicate the relationships between the components of the system and we can identify system characteristics such as open versus closed, archetypical configurations, where new combinations come from, coordination mechanisms and exploration versus exploitation. As such, we can address questions about the company's innovation management that are difficult to address by using a process approach. We conclude that the company innovation system approach provides additional and complementary insights to the existing company-level innovation approaches.

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Towards a theory of the technology-based firm

Cited by 325 publications

References 24 publications

Research Collaboration and Regional Knowledge Production in Europe

Research Collaboration and Regional Knowledge Production in Europe

Investigation of modern approaches to efficiency analysis of the functioning of corporate innovation systems

Company innovation system: an exploration based on examples from Arcelik and Vestel

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