Outsourced innovation in SMES: a field study of R&D units in Spain
| Autor: | Jose Albors-Garrigos, Jaione Ganzarain Epelde, Jose-Luis Hervas-Oliver, Noemi Zabaleta Etxebarria |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
| Předmět: |
Open innovation
business.industry Strategic alignment Strategy and Management Field (Bourdieu) OI General Engineering SMEs Outsourced innovation Computer Science Applications Outsourcing Empirical research Industrial relations ORGANIZACION DE EMPRESAS Technology transfer Small and medium enterprises Business Small and medium-sized enterprises Marketing Law Industrial organization |
| Zdroj: | RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia instname |
| ISSN: | 1741-5276 0267-5730 |
| DOI: | 10.1504/ijtm.2011.041684 |
| Popis: | SME innovation strategy and motivation has become one of the most challenging subjects of innovation policy. New innovation models proposed recently have captured the attention of policy makers. However, these models seem for the most part to be applicable to medium-sized or large enterprises. The objective of this paper is to analyse the open innovation model in the case of outsourced cooperative R&D in SMEs. Although the driving forces for outsourcing innovation in SMEs are in some respects similar to those for large firms, others are linked to lack of resources, but both have in common the pursuit of efficiency in R&D and technology transfer. This paper is based on an empirical study of open innovation in SMEs and proposes a model for analysing the critical elements which influence performance and strategic alignment between R&D performers and their partners (in most cases, SMEs). This paper has been partially supported by ECO 2010:17318 (MICINN). |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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