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R&D Collaboration Between Firms: Hard And Soft Antecedents Of Supplier Knowledge Sharing

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  • ROLAND HELM

    (University of Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31 Regensburg, Germany, 93053)

  • MARTIN KLOYER

    (#x2020;University of Greifswald, Friedrich-Loeffler-Str. 70, Greifswald, Germany, 17489)

  • CHRISTIN AUST

    (University of Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31 Regensburg, Germany, 93053)

Abstract

Manufacturing firms that collaborate with external R&D partners are inevitably confronted with the danger of R&D suppliers deliberately with holding knowledge. Empirical analyses on a set of 104 supplier firms provide results concerning the impact of “soft” determinants of knowledge sharing that have not been investigated to date. In particular, they show that intrinsic motivation and organisational culture are more important than better examined “hard” determinants such as behaviour monitoring and the collaboration perspective. Additionally, we detect a theoretically surprising effect of knowledge sharing on the supplier firm’s success.

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  • Roland Helm & Martin Kloyer & Christin Aust, 2018. "R&D Collaboration Between Firms: Hard And Soft Antecedents Of Supplier Knowledge Sharing," International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 24(01), pages 1-42, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijimxx:v:24:y:2018:i:01:n:s1363919620500012
    DOI: 10.1142/S1363919620500012
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