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Competition and Collaboration in German Technology Transfer

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This paper reports on a detailed institutional study of the German technology transfer system using material from a survey of practitioners and observations of the system over a 2 year period. The purpose of this research was to understand the dynamics within the system which, despite heavy criticism over the past 10-15 years, has proved remarkably resilient, competitive and capable of change. It is argued that the dynamism lies within the funding and the institutional structures of the system which allow competition to exist alongside collaboration and networking, thus incorporating the best of a "market-based" technology transfer system with the advantages of regulation and coordination. These inherent, but contradictory, pressures are termed "symbiotic tension": it is argued that this is key to understanding the resilience of the system. Copyright 2001 by Oxford University Press.

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  • Harding, Rebecca, 2001. "Competition and Collaboration in German Technology Transfer," Industrial and Corporate Change, Oxford University Press and the Associazione ICC, vol. 10(2), pages 389-417, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:indcch:v:10:y:2001:i:2:p:389-417
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    1. Kuo-Feng Huang & Chwo-Ming Yu, 2011. "The effect of competitive and non-competitive R&D collaboration on firm innovation," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 36(4), pages 383-403, August.
    2. Blomberg, Jesper & Werr, Andreas, 2006. "Boundaryless Management - Creating, transforming and using knowledge in inter-organizational collaboration. A literature review," SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Business Administration 2006:2, Stockholm School of Economics.
    3. Nuttaneeya Ann Torugsa & Anthony Arundel & Wayne O’Donohue, 2016. "Inter-Firm Collaboration And Innovation Performance For New-To-Market Products — The Moderating Role Of Technological And Skills-Related Knowledge Assets," International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 20(06), pages 1-22, August.

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