University-industry knowledge transfer - unpacking the “black box”: an introduction

Ferreira, João J.; Carayannis, Elias G.

doi:10.1080/14778238.2019.1666514

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“…These studies point out that the network among firms, universities, research organisations and institutional environments is essential to build competitive advantages of firms, regions and countries [18]. As noted by Broekel and Boschma, "firms' embeddedness in knowledge networks is crucial for their economic success" [28] (p. 3) and firms tend to acquire knowledge from various sources [14]. A number of studies highlight human resources [13,29,30] and the research system [31,32] as playing a pivotal role for firms' innovation performance.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…There are strong arguments for regarding the research system as fundamental for knowledge diffusion among firms, universities and research organisations, which is likely to affect firms' innovation activities [6,27,40,41]. It has been observed that the research system plays a crucial role in external knowledge creation [13,14]. Following this, the existing literature shows the relevance of international scientific co-publications, the top 10% most cited publications, and foreign doctorate students for innovation performance of firms [5].…”

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Do Human Resources and the Research System Affect Firms’ Innovation Activities? Results from Poland and the Czech Republic

Zygmunt

2020

Sustainability

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Strong relationships between innovation of firms and sustainable development of regions and countries have priority in issues related to firms’ innovation performance. In this paper, particular emphasis is given to Poland and the Czech Republic as countries with similar innovation performance. Specifically, it seems interesting to identify the extent to which human resources and the research system in these countries matter in firms’ innovation activities. Thus, the aim of the paper is to test whether human resources and the research system affect Polish and Czech firms’ innovation activities. The data were sourced from the European Innovation Scoreboard (2018, 2019) for the period of 2010–2016. A set of variables concerning human resources and the research system were employed. The hypotheses were tested with the Cobb–Douglas function. This paper contributes to the existing literature by adding to studies that seek to identify determinants of firms’ innovation activities. The findings indicate the statistical significance of such a variable related with human resources, as lifelong learning for innovation activities of firms from Poland and such a variable connected with the research system, as the top 10% most cited publications on Czech firms’ innovation activities. The paper has practical and policy implications. There is a need, among others, to strengthen knowledge diffusion processes between firms and universities, research organisations, and institutional environments in order to improve innovation activities of firms.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Do Human Resources and the Research System Affect Firms’ Innovation Activities? Results from Poland and the Czech Republic

Zygmunt

2020

Sustainability

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“…Such partnership types enable firms to access differentiated knowledge (Santoro and Saparito 2006). Universities support innovation in general (Arant et al 2019) operating as a source of new ideas, with industry offering pathways to capitalise upon such ideas (Ferreira and Carayannis 2019;Wit-de Vries et al 2019). The multi-disciplinary research arising from university-industry partnerships is vital for solving increasingly complex social problems (Boardman and Gray 2010).…”

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Deconstructing the ivory tower: identifying challenges of university-industry ecosystem partnerships

Bacon

Williams

2021

Rev Manag Sci

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Collaboration between industry and academia necessitates the management of entrepreneurial dynamics within ecosystem contexts. However, such partnerships perpetuate numerous challenges that, without effective management, can impact upon the ecosystem as a whole. Limited research to date has addressed the challenges affecting these university-industry partnerships and ascertained their impact upon ecosystem management. This study identifies the challenges pervading university-industry partnerships across entrepreneurial ecosystems, with a view that through an exposition of such challenges, more specific strategies could be implemented to address them. Questionnaires were distributed to key ecosystem stakeholders, requesting their perceptions of the key challenges affecting their collaborative relationships. Empirical data was analysed utilising fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis to deduce the configurational nature of the conditions. Results reveal mutually exclusive solutions grounded upon distinct combinations of conditions, constituting distinct pathways to ineffective ecosystem management. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed, as well as acknowledged limitations of this study and suggestions for future research.

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“…AgorIP is an example of response to the requirement identified by João JM Ferreira and Carayannis (2019) to identify national strategic responses for disseminating knowledge to industry. The initiative has shown knowledge spillover occurring in the complex context of academic and health system knowledge across the local RIS.…”

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“…This work has demonstrated how spillover activity can be scaled across organisations and sectors, which offers research opportunity within and across multiple contexts. The initiative also offers scope, as the portfolio evolves, to respond to the call from João JM Ferreira and Carayannis (2019) for longitudinal study to develop understanding impact and evolution of University-Industry interaction. Spatial distribution of activity shows how consideration of AgorIP must look beyond west Wales to understand its impact, even with the geographical focus of ERDF support.…”

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University knowledge spillover from an open innovation technology transfer context

Davies

Flanagan

Bolton

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Knowledge Management Research & Practice

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University knowledge spillover from an Open Innovation Technology Transfer contextUniversity research output is recognised as a source of new knowledge in spillover theory and has been targeted by governments and other stakeholders to support knowledge-based regional economic development. This paper reflects upon the 'AgorIP' Technology Transfer initiative to examine how a university can support knowledge spillover within an innovation ecosystem. This aims to help provide greater understanding of how local characteristics moderate knowledge spillover supported new enterprise, as called for by Ghio, Guerini, Lehmann, and Rossi-Lamastra (2015).AgorIP supports academics in entrepreneurship and extends the traditional technology transfer context to one which also involves health system research output. Responding to the call by Jones, Klapper, Ratten, and Fayolle (2018) this paper extends contextual spillover research through university and regional policy, by examining AgorIP activities, including its portfolio of completed projects and current partners. The findings present spatial concentration within the Swansea Bay City Region (SBCR), along with focus on targeted smart specialisations, not least Life Sciences & Health. The peripheral post-industrial region nature of SBCR makes AgorIP's context of potential interest to other regions looking to harness the potential of university and other public research organisations in developing knowledge-based enterprise.

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University-industry knowledge transfer - unpacking the “black box”: an introduction

Cited by 25 publications

References 30 publications

Do Human Resources and the Research System Affect Firms’ Innovation Activities? Results from Poland and the Czech Republic

Do Human Resources and the Research System Affect Firms’ Innovation Activities? Results from Poland and the Czech Republic

Deconstructing the ivory tower: identifying challenges of university-industry ecosystem partnerships

University knowledge spillover from an open innovation technology transfer context

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