Impact of external knowledge acquisition strategies on innovation : a comparative study based on Dutch and Swiss panel data
Spyros Arvanitis, Boris Lokshin, Pierre Mohnen and Martin Wörter
There is growing evidence that firms increasingly adopt open innovation practices. In this paper we investigate the impact of two such external knowledge acquisition strategies, "buy" and "cooperate", on firm's product innovation performance. Taking a direct (productivity) approach, we test for complementarity effects in the simultaneous use of the two strategies, and in the intensity of their use. Our results based on large panels of Dutch and Swiss innovating firms, suggest that while both "buy" and "cooperate" have a positive effect on innovation, there is little statistical evidence that using them simultaneously leads to higher innovation performance. Results from the Dutch sample provide some indication, that there are positive economies of scope in doing external and cooperative R&D simultaneously conditional on doing internal R&D. -- Open innovation ; R&D collaboration ; make ; buy strategies
Year of publication: |
2013
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Authors: | Arvanitis, Spyridon ; Lokshin, Boris ; Mohnen, Pierre A. ; Wörter, Martin |
Publisher: |
Zürich : KOF |
Subject: | Innovationsmanagement | Innovation management | Wissenstransfer | Knowledge transfer | Unternehmenskooperation | Inter-firm cooperation | Forschungskooperation | Research collaboration | Panel | Panel study | Schweiz | Switzerland | Niederlande | Netherlands |
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freely available
Extent: | Online-Ressource |
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Series: | KOF working papers. - Zürich : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ZDB-ID 2107617-0. - Vol. 325 |
Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Type of publication (narrower categories): | Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature |
Language: | English |
Notes: | Systemvoraussetzungen: Acrobat Reader |
Other identifiers: | 10.3929/ethz-a-007598843 [DOI] hdl:10419/80835 [Handle] |
Classification: | O31 - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives ; O32 - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009687782