University-industry collaborations—The key to radical innovations?

Arant, William; Fornahl, Dirk; Grashof, Nils; Hesse, Kolja; Söllner, Cathrin

doi:10.1007/s10037-019-00133-3

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“…Such partnership types enable firms to access differentiated knowledge (Santoro and Saparito 2006). Universities support innovation in general (Arant et al 2019) operating as a source of new ideas, with industry offering pathways to capitalise upon such ideas (Ferreira and Carayannis 2019;Wit-de Vries et al 2019). The multi-disciplinary research arising from university-industry partnerships is vital for solving increasingly complex social problems (Boardman and Gray 2010).…”

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“…Hence, university-industry partnerships generate intangible support infrastructures and drive innovation, growth and prosperity in the wider economy. However, the circumstances under which such university-industry collaboration is successful remains unclear (Arant et al 2019). Hence, in order to increase the likelihood of successful collaboration, key challenges need to be addressed (Bruneel et al 2010).…”

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Deconstructing the ivory tower: identifying challenges of university-industry ecosystem partnerships

Bacon

Williams

2021

Rev Manag Sci

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Collaboration between industry and academia necessitates the management of entrepreneurial dynamics within ecosystem contexts. However, such partnerships perpetuate numerous challenges that, without effective management, can impact upon the ecosystem as a whole. Limited research to date has addressed the challenges affecting these university-industry partnerships and ascertained their impact upon ecosystem management. This study identifies the challenges pervading university-industry partnerships across entrepreneurial ecosystems, with a view that through an exposition of such challenges, more specific strategies could be implemented to address them. Questionnaires were distributed to key ecosystem stakeholders, requesting their perceptions of the key challenges affecting their collaborative relationships. Empirical data was analysed utilising fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis to deduce the configurational nature of the conditions. Results reveal mutually exclusive solutions grounded upon distinct combinations of conditions, constituting distinct pathways to ineffective ecosystem management. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed, as well as acknowledged limitations of this study and suggestions for future research.

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Deconstructing the ivory tower: identifying challenges of university-industry ecosystem partnerships

Bacon

Williams

2021

Rev Manag Sci

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“…Recently, a small but vibrant research community began investigating the very nature of radical innovations. Conceptual and methodological contributions dealing with radical innovations can be divided into two streams: the first stream focuses on the identification and measurement of radical innovations (Dahlin and Behrens 2005;Fleming 2001;Arts et al 2012;Verhoeven et al 2016), and the second stream uses these methods to address contemporary issues in innovation research (Fleming 2007;Hao and Feng 2016;Grashof et al 2019;Arant et al 2019). Fleming (2001) viewed 'radicalness' as the experimentation with new configurations of already existing knowledge.…”

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“…Grashof et al (2019) employ a German patent data sample and show that a firm's location in a cluster has a positive effect on the emergence of radical innovations. Arant et al (2019) report a positive relatedness between industry-university collaborations and the creation of radical innovations. The authors also explore the impact of geographic and cognitive distance on the probability of creating radical innovations.…”

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Who benefits from SMEs’ radical innovations?—empirical evidence from German biotechnology

Shkolnykova

Kudic

2021

Small Bus Econ

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We analyze transfer channels of radical innovations launched by small and medium-sized firms (SMEs) using an ego network approach. Based on a unique longitudinal dataset covering the observation period 1996–2016, we identify and trace back radical innovations of SMEs in German Biotech in order to analyze the extent to which SMEs themselves—or eventually also other organizations in their direct cooperation surrounding—benefit from radical innovations in terms of subsequent innovation performance. Results from negative binomial panel regressions indicate that direct cooperation partners of radical innovators show higher innovative performance than partners of the control group, i.e., statistical twin firms without radical innovations. Our results confirm that radical innovations initiate a positive impulse for innovation through direct cooperative relationships. Interestingly, geographical proximity does not play a role, and especially technologically different partners benefit from direct cooperation with radical innovators.Plain English Summary Radical innovations are rare but have a great importance for the economy. Our study shows that not only radically innovating biotech SMEs themselves but also various types of directly linked cooperation partners benefit significantly. We investigate whether directly linked cooperation partners of radically innovating firms benefit from knowledge spillover transferred through formal cooperation. A radical innovation represents a novel and often complex combination of already existing knowledge. Thus, knowledge transfer process differs for radical and non-radical innovations. Project-based formal cooperation can support the transfer of radical knowledge. In this context geographical and technological factors matter. Using the example of German small and medium-sized biotechnology firms, we show that collaboration with radical firms is positively related to innovation performance of directly linked project partners. Interestingly, this effect is higher for partners located in other regions as well as for technologically distant partners. Our study extends the research on knowledge transfer by emphasizing the role of formal collaboration projects, especially in knowledge intensive high-tech industries.

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“…Some studies, for instance, only checked whether the presence of cooperation, regardless of its aim, affects innovative performance (Arant, Fornahl, Grashof, Hesse, Sollner, 2019). Also, studies tend to measure firm innovativeness in the number of patents (i. e. Arant et al 2019;Baba, Shichijo, Sedita, 2009). However, patent applications do not necessarily translate into the creation of new products or processes and vice versa, particularly in low-tech sectors (Reichert, Zawislak, Arundel, 2016;Smith, 2005).…”

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University-Industry Relations and Industrial Innovation: Evidence from Brazil

Михайлов

Puffal

Santini

2020

Journal of Technology Management & Innovation

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University-industry relations are an important factor for industrial innovation. However, the results of these relationships for the firms remain largely unmeasured. Moreover, the contribution of different types of interactions to fi rm innovativeness is kn own ma inly in th eoretical terms. Departing from a secondary data of Brazilian university-industry interaction survey, also known as "BR survey", this study employs crispset qualitative comparative analysis (csQCA) to identify how five types of University-industry interactions-training-oriented, service-oriented, diffusion-oriented, d evelopment-oriented, a nd r esearch-oriented-c ombine t o p roduce h igh i nnovation o utput. Th e re sults sh ow th at th e mo st complex interactions-development-oriented and research-oriented-are the only types of interactions that alone lead the firm to high innovativeness. In contrast, less complex interactions alone are not enough to make the firm innovate beyond the "new-to-the-firm" level and need to be complemented by more complex interaction.

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University-industry collaborations—The key to radical innovations?

Cited by 33 publications

References 63 publications

Deconstructing the ivory tower: identifying challenges of university-industry ecosystem partnerships

Deconstructing the ivory tower: identifying challenges of university-industry ecosystem partnerships

Who benefits from SMEs’ radical innovations?—empirical evidence from German biotechnology

University-Industry Relations and Industrial Innovation: Evidence from Brazil

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