知识异质性视角下产业跨空间协同创新的理论框架:条件、动力与路径

在全球产业空间整合进程中,产业跨空间协同创新是一个新的挑战。本文基于知识异质性视角构建产业跨空间协同创新的理论框架。多样而异质的知识是产业跨空间协同创新的必要条件,共同知识基础与知识相对优势强化了这一条件。知识价值的空间非均衡是跨空间协同创新的基本动力,由知识缺口带来的潜在知识收益推动跨空间知识协同。基于系统论构建“制度协同-要素协同-结构协同-功能协同”的IFSF协同创新的系统路径,提出非知识要素协同、知识资产协同、知识结构协同以及功能优化协同的具体路径。     

University–industry interactions in applied research: The case of microelectronics

In the first part of the paper we discuss the pattern of research in microelectronics, illustrating the reasons why, in order to achieve distinguished scientific performance, universities need to collaborate with industry, and in particular academic researchers need to interact with industrial ones by face-to-face knowledge exchanges. In the second part, using patent data integrated with information collected through interviews, we measure the extent and intensity of the ties of academic with industrial researchers, and apply social network analysis to reconstruct the network of collaborations. The picture that emerges (from this Italian case) is fully consistent with the specific research pattern. Collaboration is based on teams of researchers from the two spheres, and strong connections are associated with high scientific performance. Moreover, border-crossing collaborations tend to be driven by cognitive proximity and personal relationships.     

高新技术企业知识转化扩散效率研究

高新技术企业的发展对一国经济社会发展有重要意义。知识经济的到来客观上要求高新技术企业必须对企业知识转化扩散进行有效的管理。本文在分析影响高新技术企业知识转化扩散效率的诸多因素基础上,提出了增强高新技术企业知识转化扩散能力的策略。     

Indicators and outcomes of Canadian university research: Proxies becoming goals?

This paper analyzes Canadian Government attempts to encourage and measure commercialization of university knowledge for socio-economic improvement. Universities are regarded as major, insufficiently exploited, repositories of knowledge. Here, paths by which knowledge can be transferred across institutional boundaries, and various input and output/outcome measures are identified. Available Canadian data are evaluated and a detailed quantitative and qualitative study of one institution is presented. Three key issues emerge: (1) current proxies focus on licensing and spin-off, and do not measure several important paths of knowledge flow; (2) most readily available proxies are derived from aggregate data and are inadequate to fully reflect the idiosyncratic and path-dependent nature of innovation; (3) if the goals and incentives of the actors in the ‘triple helix’ are skewed or misinterpreted by indicators, universities and firms may engage in counterproductive activities. We propose additional indicators that might help to prevent one measurable dimension from becoming the policy driver to the detriment of the overall goals.     

战略知识整合模式与竞争优势:高技术创业企业多案例研究

如何战略性地整合专业化知识是高技术创业企业在市场竞争中取胜的关键,尽管一些学者在研究中提到“战略知识整合”,然而对其具体模式及影响尚缺乏深入的探讨。本文以中国4家高技术创业企业为研究对象,采取探索性多案例研究的方法挖掘战略知识整合的模式类型及其与高技术创业企业竞争优势的关系。案例分析结果表明：战略知识整合模式包含计划式知识整合和应急式知识整合,上述两种战略知识整合模式及其交互作用对高技术创业企业竞争优势具有积极影响。本研究有助于从战略形成的视角打开“战略知识整合”的黑箱,丰富和拓展战略知识管理视角和知识基础理论。此外,本文为转型经济情境下高技术创业企业如何获取知识的战略价值以获取竞争优势提供理论指导。     

Inter-project learning: processes and outcomes of knowledge codification in project-based firms

In this paper, we argue that the literature on knowledge codification has been overly concerned with the economic properties of its outcomes, neglecting the importance of its underlying learning processes. Following Zollo and Winter [Organisation Science, 2001, in press], the paper distinguishes three learning processes: experience accumulation, knowledge articulation and knowledge codification and suggests a framework to analyse the learning abilities of project-based firms. We propose that mechanisms for inter-project learning draw upon these learning processes and can be found at various levels of the project-based firm. Using empirical evidence from six case studies, we discern three empirical patterns, that we defined learning landscapes, of such mechanisms. Implications for the literature and practice of knowledge codification are discussed.     

Competing explanations for knowledge exchange: Technology sharing within the globally dispersed R&D of the multinational enterprise

This paper explores five competing theories for technological knowledge sharing within the globally dispersed R&D function of the multidivisional, multinational firm. These five broad explanations for why a knowledge transaction occurs are: (1) economic, (2) technological, (3) organizational, (4) geographic, and (5) sociological. In addition to occurrence, likelihood of knowledge exchange success prompted by various explanations is considered. Ultimately the determination of which argument—or combination of arguments—offers the greatest explanatory power for the sharing of intermediate technological knowledge may be answered empirically.     

The IS–business relationship and its implications for performance: An empirical study of South African and Australian organisations

Lack of a close ‘Information systems (IS)–business relationship’ has been described as a potential inhibitor to improving the contribution that information systems (IS) make to business performance. Yet the value of specific attributes of an enduring relationship between IS and business remains to be demonstrated by empirically confirming their link to IS performance. Using data collected from 167 South African and Australian companies, this study examined the effect of three relational attributes, namely commitment, mutual understanding and shared vision, on the contribution of IS to business performance. The study also examines the interrelationship amongst the relational attributes. Results revealed that a strong IS–business relationship is a significant determinant of IS performance. Organisations more successful in their use of IS are characterised by strong commitment on the part of the business to IS efforts, higher levels of IS understanding of the business, and a long-term agreement, between business and IS executives, on IS priorities. Results have important implications for organisations looking to improve the contribution of IS to organisational performance.     

Determinants of successful R&D cooperation in Japanese small businesses: The impact of organizational and contractual characteristics

Using original survey data on Japanese small businesses, this paper analyses the impact of the organizational and contractual characteristics of cooperative R&D, such as membership structure, partner relationship, external support, and rules of cost and outcome sharing, on the probability of the technological and commercial success of the project. Empirical results suggest that cooperative R&D is more successful, the higher the quality and quantity of external resources available through cooperation, and the lower the transaction and coordination costs required for such arrangements. Moreover, we found that the determinants of technological and commercial success differ considerably.