“…A panel member stated: One of the documented problems of short term strategic alliances, if not covered by formal contracts, is ownership of IP when the alliance ends Record of contribution to collaborative initiatives . There are many different local, national, and international systems of innovation that aim to foster increased collaboration and economic growth (Chaminade, Intarakumnerd, & Sapprasert, ; Gua & Chen, ; Malik, ; Watkins, Papaioannou, Mugwagwa, & Kale, ). While the challenges to successful cooperation are many, establishing the contribution of partners is one aspect of increasing concern (Li, Zhou, & Zajaz, 2009; Massaini & Oliva, ), and is one that may be addressed by using blockchain techniques to embed evidence of partner inputs.…”
Blockchain has the potential to become a significant source of disruptive innovations in business and management. There is a scarcity of knowledge and understanding of blockchain techniques that hinders its academic research and practical application. Business managers need to understand the potential impact and threat of blockchain applications in order to gain and maintain competitive advantage. Blockchain applications appear to offer considerable performance improvement and commercialization opportunities.
“…A panel member stated: One of the documented problems of short term strategic alliances, if not covered by formal contracts, is ownership of IP when the alliance ends Record of contribution to collaborative initiatives . There are many different local, national, and international systems of innovation that aim to foster increased collaboration and economic growth (Chaminade, Intarakumnerd, & Sapprasert, ; Gua & Chen, ; Malik, ; Watkins, Papaioannou, Mugwagwa, & Kale, ). While the challenges to successful cooperation are many, establishing the contribution of partners is one aspect of increasing concern (Li, Zhou, & Zajaz, 2009; Massaini & Oliva, ), and is one that may be addressed by using blockchain techniques to embed evidence of partner inputs.…”
Blockchain has the potential to become a significant source of disruptive innovations in business and management. There is a scarcity of knowledge and understanding of blockchain techniques that hinders its academic research and practical application. Business managers need to understand the potential impact and threat of blockchain applications in order to gain and maintain competitive advantage. Blockchain applications appear to offer considerable performance improvement and commercialization opportunities.
“…While this paper draws its empirical evidence from the UK context, the study of knowledge transfer has indicated its equal prominence across countries (eg. Chung, 2014;Ye, Yu and Leydesdorff, 2013) and does not seem to be heavily influenced by culture (Malik, 2013).…”
Section: Knowledge Transfer Organizations In the Ukmentioning
Abstract:In the UK, the boundary spanning role has taken on greater significance as successive governments emphasize how universities should play in direct knowledge transfer and changing academics' visions over third mission functions. Studies in the UK have focused on the relative performance of technology transfer organizations (TTOs) / knowledge transfer organizations (KTOs) or their use by academics and external organizations. Compared to their US and international counterparts, TTOs/KTOs at UK universities exhibit low-levels of absolute efficiency. Therefore questions remain relating to how to raise the efficiency and productivity of these units, how to attract and train staff with suitable qualifications/capabilities and how to change adverse attitudes towards knowledge exchange by some academics. Currently, there is a lack of a holistic view of these functions and the way they complement each other or coordinate their activities. This study addresses this gap in theory and practice and advances how universities should provide consistency in both the internal and the external interfaces, by the offer of a framework and key stakeholder insights.
“…The exploration of these long period shows that an economy can sustain growth and development by ensuring consistent and favourable institutional arrangement that enables the innovation process. Malik (2013) stepped up by exploring national institutional differences and how these affect knowledge transfers and found that some factors of institutions facilitate international knowledge transfers, whereas some others impede knowledge transfers. Asongu (2013) modelled the future of knowledge economy (including innovation) in Africa and the Middle East countries.…”
Given the role that innovation plays as an engine for economic development, we examined the enabling factor of institutions in Africa. Particularly, attention was given to determining the equivalent effects of institutional development on innovation. A sample of 40 African countries over the period 1996‐2012 was employed, and our baseline equation was estimated using the system generalised method of moments (SGMM) estimation technique. The empirical result reveals that government effectiveness and regulatory quality are two institutional measures that have the most equivalent impact on innovation. The extent of impact is an indication that institutions matter, especially when considering innovation in Africa. Therefore, to advance the rate of innovation in Africa, improving frameworks to drive regulations and enhance government effectiveness is a necessary instrument. Having these in place, Africa will be able to catch up with advanced economies.
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