Profiting from External Knowledge: How Firms Use Different Knowledge Acquisition Strategies to Improve Their Innovation Performance

191 Pages·2008·6.06 MB·English

by  Maarten Batterink

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Profiting from external knowledge

Profiting from external knowledge
How firms use different knowledge acquisition
strategies to improve their
innovation performance
Maarten Batterink
Innovation and sustainability series – Volume 3
WWaaggeenniinnggeenn AAccaaddeemmiicc
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Table of contents
Preface and acknowledgements 11
1. Introduction 13
1.1 Part I: quantitative analyses 16
1.2 Part II: qualitative analyses 18
1.3 Outline of the book 21
Part I Quantitative analyses 23
2. The adoption of open innovation. A longitudinal study of large firms and
SMEs, in high-, medium-, and low-tech industries in the Netherlands 25
2.1 Introduction 25
2.2 Theoretical background 26
2.3 Data and methods 29
2.4 Results 33
2.5 Discussion and conclusions 42
3. The impact of different knowledge acquisition strategies on innovation
performance. An empirical assessment of the Netherlands 47
3.1 Introduction 47
3.2 Theoretical background 48
3.3 Data and methods 55
3.4 Results 58
3.5 Discussion and conclusions 69
Part II Qualitative analyses 73
4. Orchestrating open innovation. The case of innovation brokers in agri-food
SME Innovation Networks 75
4.1 Introduction 75
4.2 Theoretical background 77
4.3 Data and methods 82
4.4 Results 84
4.5 Discussion and conclusions 100
Profiting from external knowledge 7
5. The impact of technological relatedness on innovation synergy realization. An
in-depth study of 10 large high- and medium-tech M&As in the life sciences 105
5.1 Introduction 105
5.2 Theoretical background 107
5.3 Data and methods 117
5.4 Results 121
5.5 Discussion and conclusions 138
6. Discussion and conclusions 143
6.1 Main findings and conclusions 143
6.2 Contributions to literature 148
6.3 Managerial implications 150
References 153
Appendices 167
Appendix 1 167
Appendix 2 176
Appendix 3 177
Appendix 4 180
Summary 181
About the author 187
8 Profiting from external knowledge