The effect of competitive and non-competitive R&D collaboration on firm innovation
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- 作者：Kuo-Feng Huang (1) kfhuang@nccu.edu.tw
Chwo-Ming Joseph Yu (1) yu54@nccu.edu.tw - 关键词：In ; house R&D – ; R&D alliances – ; R&D collaboration – ; Innovation – ; Partner selection – ; Taiwan’ ; s information and communication technology industry
- 刊名：The Journal of Technology Transfer
- 出版时间：August 2011
- 出版年：2011
- 期刊代码：19_08929912
- 类别：eco
- 卷：36
- 期：4
- 页码：383-403
- 数据来源：sp
摘要
A firm can improve its innovation either by its internal research and development (R&D) efforts or by forming external collaborative R&D alliances. While previous studies on R&D collaboration and knowledge diffusion mainly focus on various external sources of R&D collaboration, little effort has been made to investigate the joint impact of competitive and non-competitive R&D collaborations on firm innovation simultaneously. By examining the data of 165 Taiwanese firms in the information and communication technology industry, we find that: (1) non-competitive R&D collaborations with universities have a positive direct impact on firm’s innovation performance; and (2) both non-competitive and competitive R&D collaborations have a positively moderating effect on the relationship between a firm’s internal R&D efforts and firm innovation and the positive moderating effect is higher for non-competitive R&D collaborations than that of competitive R&D collaborations. These findings suggest that R&D collaborations, either non-competitive or competitive, exhibit the nature of a win–win situation. We also derive implications for firms’ selection of R&D alliance partners and government policies.