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Innovation Networks of High Tech SMES: Creation of Knowledge but no Creation of Value

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  • Rob Winters

    (Netherlands Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations)

  • Erik Stam

    (University of Cambridge, Utrecht University; Max Planck Institute of Economics)

Abstract

This paper analyses the effects of innovation networks on product and process innovation and sales growth of high technology SMEs. Innovation net- works are positively related to both product and process innovation, i.e. knowledge creation. One exception is the negative effect of innovation networks with suppliers on product innovation. Older SMEs are more product innovative than young SMEs. The positive relation between firm size and (process) innovation, disappears when networks are introduced into the analyses. The general conclusion is that vertical innovation networks remove the effect of firm size on process innovation. In other words, high-tech SMEs can ‘borrow’ size if they co-operate with customers, but especially with suppliers for process innovation. So smallness is not necessarily a disadvantage for innovation, as long as firms cooperate with other organisations. Innovation and networks do not seem to effect value creation, measured as sales growth.

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  • Rob Winters & Erik Stam, 2007. "Innovation Networks of High Tech SMES: Creation of Knowledge but no Creation of Value," Jena Economics Research Papers 2007-042, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena.
    • Handle: RePEc:jrp:jrpwrp:2007-042
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    1. Parisa Pourkarimi & Gamal Atallah, 2020. "Cooperative R&D With Differentiated Products In Vertically Related Industries," Economic Review: Journal of Economics and Business, University of Tuzla, Faculty of Economics, vol. 18(2), pages 3-16, November.
    2. Harry Jeong & Kwangsoo Shin & Seunghyun Kim & Eungdo Kim, 2021. "What Types of Government Support on Food SMEs Improve Innovation Performance?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(16), pages 1-23, August.
    3. Maribel Guerrero & David Urbano, 2019. "Effectiveness of technology transfer policies and legislation in fostering entrepreneurial innovations across continents: an overview," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 44(5), pages 1347-1366, October.
    4. Charles Mondal & Mousa Al-Kfairy & Robert B. Mellor, 2023. "Developing Young Science and Technology Parks: Recent Findings from Industrial Nations Using the Data-Driven Approach," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(7), pages 1-12, April.

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    Keywords

    innovation; innovation networks; high tech SMEs; firm growth;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Theory
    • D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
    • D85 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Network Formation
    • L25 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Performance
    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D

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