University-SME collaboration and innovation performance: the role of informal relationships and absorptive capacity
| Autor: | Roberto Grandinetti, Silvia Rita Sedita, Roberta Apa, Valentina De Marchi |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Knowledge management
business.industry 05 social sciences SME University–industry collaboration General Engineering Commercial law Sample (statistics) 050905 science studies Formal and informal collaboration Innovation Variety (cybernetics) Work (electrical) Absorptive capacity Accounting 0502 economics and business Statistical analysis Business Small and medium-sized enterprises 0509 other social sciences Business and International Management 050203 business & management Anecdotal evidence |
| Popis: | This work analyzes the impact of university–industry collaborations (UICs) on the innovation performance of a sample of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) located in Veneto, a region in the north-east of Italy, which is considered particularly representative of the often-cited “innovation without research” model. We consider two aspects of such UICs that have never been at the center of theoretical and empirical debates on the innovation capacity of SMEs and whose importance has only recently been recognized. The first aspect is the variety of forms that UIC can take. Specifically, we distinguish between formal and informal collaborations. The second aspect is the possible influence of the absorptive capacity of SMEs on their ability to gaining from UICs in terms of innovation performance. We combine statistical analysis of the results of a survey administered to 179 SMEs in Veneto with a collection of anecdotal evidence to show that UICs effectively increase SMEs’ innovation performance. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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