The effect of competitive and non-competitive R&;D collaboration on firm innovation |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">Kuo-Feng?HuangEmail author Chwo-Ming?Joseph?Yu |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Business Administration, National Chengchi University, 64, Sec.2, Zhi-Nan Road, Taipei, 116, Taiwan, ROC |
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Abstract: | 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. |
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