Firms’ innovation benefiting from networking and institutional support: A global analysis of national and firm effects

Schøtt, Thomas; Jensen, Kent Wickstrøm

doi:10.1016/j.respol.2016.03.006

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“…These results are in line with suggestions from other studies which show that universities and research institutions have relevance but less than could be expected in creating innovation among companies [94,95]. Also, Schøtt & Jensen [96] prove that institutional support does not significantly affect quantity of networking, but enhances quality of networking.…”

Section: Institutional Environmentsupporting

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Determinants of Innovation Cooperation Performance: What Do We Know and What Should We Know?

2018

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The involvement of firms in innovation cooperation with different partners has become a widespread phenomenon in the contemporary business landscape. Our paper provides a review of extant alliance, innovation, open innovation and inter-firm collaboration literature and organizes it based on a conceptual framework featuring three levels of analysis: (a) the dyadic level, (b) the network level, and (c) the location level. The article identifies roadmaps in each of these areas and also highlights existing gaps in the present understanding of innovation cooperation. Thereby, it outlines a research agenda by identifying key research questions and issues in the areas where further research is needed and encouraged.Sustainability 2018, 10, 4517 3 of 32 changes that create the economic space of a given country [29] In this space, which Freeman called the National Innovation System, there are more or less formalized networks of cooperating companies and institutions. Indeed, as Fomina et al. [30] argue, the stability of economic development is determined by the features of the network structure in a collaborative engagement of enterprises. Therefore, it is legitimate to explore whether and how the location of companies and other institutions influence their cooperation for the development of innovation, and the performance outcomes thereof.Economic geography has developed the concept of proximity to explain the formation of networks and clusters of innovative companies in industrial districts [31,32]. The different dimensions of proximity may explain some of the positive externalities, such as knowledge creation and transfer, as well as innovation, which are generated by companies that are co-located [33]. According to Boschma [34], proximity implies similarity between actors and organizations, including both a geographical or spatial dimension and other non-spatial dimensions. Knoben and Oerlemans [35] note that "the concept of proximity has been used in many different ways in the literature, this including different measures and definitions".Boschma [34] identifies five types of proximity:

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Section: Institutional Environmentsupporting

confidence: 90%

Determinants of Innovation Cooperation Performance: What Do We Know and What Should We Know?

2018

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“…Schott and Jensen (2016) present a two-level perspective of the innovation process which includes the involvement of institutions and networking between firms. Regulations such as contract laws, tax structures, trade laws or property right laws regulate the elements of inter-firm collaborations that make them attractive for other business partners (Schott and Jensen, 2016). The results show that the institutional support for networking has an impact not only on the quantity of networking but also on its intensity.…”

Section: Innovationsmentioning

confidence: 92%

Interplay of Social Forces: A Focus on Regional Innovation Processes

Cepoi¹

2019

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In the new local-global interconnection, nation states are losing their influence and legitimacy while economic and cultural transformations are reconfiguring spatial formations. Going in line with the global trends, regions grasp more importance in shaping the political, economic and social environments. As a result, the regional level has an important role in creating a proper socio-economic framework for innovation development which is considered one the engines of development. Relying on the theory of social fields, the research considers three social forces (networks institutions and cognitive frames) as an alternative explanation for innovation processes by encompassing the aspects of different social fields on the regional level. As case studies, there were selected seven regions with different levels of innovation performance. The analysis of the focus groups with regional stakeholders emphasized that these social forces are a special component for explaining innovation processes in the selected case studies.

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“…Moreover, firms that are not geographically proximate can benefit from different knowledge spillovers and the territorial characteristics of the local communities they belong to. Sharing different local backgrounds helps firms to foster their innovation capacity and become aware of wider market demands (Cainelli, ; Schøtt & Jensen, ). Finally, as far as an IFN is set for a specific economic purpose, firms can either remain in or leave the network, after fulfilling the contract’s goal.…”

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Networking policy and firm performance

Burlina

2019

Growth and Change

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This paper evaluates the effects of inter‐firm networks (IFNs) on firms’ economic performance. This policy instrument has been implemented in Italy from 2009 to support mostly small and medium‐size enterprises after the great economic crisis of 2007–2009. Starting from an original database of Italian manufacturing and service firms for the period 2010–2017, the paper develops in two steps: the first part, with “difference‐in‐differences” technique, is highlighted the positive effect on firms’ performance for those firms involved in an IFN. The second part investigates which characteristics of the IFN have better impacts on firm’s performance in the medium long‐run. This study contributes to the network policy literature by revealing another instrument to foster cooperation and increase firms’ innovation and internationalisation, without the need to be geographically bounded.

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Firms’ innovation benefiting from networking and institutional support: A global analysis of national and firm effects

Cited by 97 publications

References 110 publications

Determinants of Innovation Cooperation Performance: What Do We Know and What Should We Know?

Determinants of Innovation Cooperation Performance: What Do We Know and What Should We Know?

Interplay of Social Forces: A Focus on Regional Innovation Processes

Networking policy and firm performance

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