In this paper the role of technology based knowledge intensive business services (KIBS) in commercialisation of knowledge is examined. The paper is written from the point of view of innovation management and the paper is based on a broad conception of innovation. In this conception innovations are embedded in social activities, there are many kind of innovations besides radical technological innovations, innovation is closely linked to learning, tacit knowledge has an important role in innovation, innovation is a complex process, innovation diffusion is important in addition to innovation creation, and innovation is a collective undertaking and networks are essential for it. A case study of a technology based KIBS firm started in 1997 in the incubator of Satakunta University of Applied Sciences (SAMK) is used to bring the theory to practice. The development path of the firm is described as a process and the links to the above factors will be addressed.
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This research paper studies the importance of an SME’s network position within the biotechnology industry, and the effect of it on its innovative performance. We developed theoretical propositions departing from the resource based view and network theory. We argue that a firm’s position within an SME network will have an influence on the innovation output. The more R&D collaboration a small biotech firm has with other SMEs in the biotech sector, the greater the subsequent innovation output of the firm. We also argue that centrality within the network matters. These propositions will be tested using a dataset we are constructing. We used the MERIT-CATI database to select companies that formed inter-firm R&D collaborations during the period 1990-2000 in the pharmaceutical biotechnology industry. We are linking innovation measures to the firms of these R&D alliances.
{"title":"The Effect of a Biotechnology SMEs' Network Position on Its Innovative Performance","authors":"L. Vanhees","doi":"10.3990/2.268616408","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3990/2.268616408","url":null,"abstract":"This research paper studies the importance of an SME’s network position within the biotechnology industry, and the effect of it on its innovative performance. We developed theoretical propositions departing from the resource based view and network theory. We argue that a firm’s position within an SME network will have an influence on the innovation output. The more R&D collaboration a small biotech firm has with other SMEs in the biotech sector, the greater the subsequent innovation output of the firm. We also argue that centrality within the network matters. These propositions will be tested using a dataset we are constructing. We used the MERIT-CATI database to select companies that formed inter-firm R&D collaborations during the period 1990-2000 in the pharmaceutical \u0000biotechnology industry. We are linking innovation measures to the firms of these R&D alliances.","PeriodicalId":190289,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 14th Annual High Technology Small Firms Conference, HTSF 2006","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134039576","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This study addresses the networking and global awareness of young technology-based entrepreneurs (YTBE). It is based on six technical entrepreneurs who graduated from the Master of Enterprise (MEnt) programme at Manchester Science Enterprise Centre. The main purpose of this research was to determine if YTBEs realise the importance of networks to business success and whether they act positively to build them. The second purpose was to see if they consider international opportunities and whether they build skills to sense and act upon them. The results have policy implications for supporting the development of the high-technology SME sector and providing insights into the internationalisation of high-technology SMEs.The research found that the YTBE from this course, show highly positive perception towards networks. Policy-makers are encouraged to nurture and further develop this type of humanbased incubator. The investigation of global awareness of the young entrepreneurs shows less optimistic results. This situation should give cause for concern to both educators and policy makers.
{"title":"The Networking and Global Awareness of Young Technology-based Entrepreneurs: a Case Study of the Master of Enterprise (ment) Programme of the Manchester Science Enterprise Centre","authors":"F. Cave, L. Sheppard, Jingfei Xiao, R. James","doi":"10.3990/2.268617781","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3990/2.268617781","url":null,"abstract":"This study addresses the networking and global awareness of young technology-based entrepreneurs (YTBE). It is based on six technical entrepreneurs who graduated from the Master of Enterprise (MEnt) programme at Manchester Science Enterprise Centre. The main purpose of this research was to determine if YTBEs realise the importance of networks to business success and whether they act positively to build them. The second purpose was to see if they consider international opportunities and whether they build skills to sense and act upon them. The results have policy implications for supporting the development of the high-technology SME sector and providing insights into the internationalisation of high-technology SMEs.The research found that the YTBE from this course, show highly positive perception towards networks. Policy-makers are encouraged to nurture and further develop this type of humanbased incubator. The investigation of global awareness of the young entrepreneurs shows less optimistic results. This situation should give cause for concern to both educators and policy makers.","PeriodicalId":190289,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 14th Annual High Technology Small Firms Conference, HTSF 2006","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115993912","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Unravelling Knowledge Networks of Urban High-Technology Firms: An Artificial Intelligence Approach","authors":"M. van Geenhuizen","doi":"10.3990/2.268628697","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3990/2.268628697","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":190289,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 14th Annual High Technology Small Firms Conference, HTSF 2006","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125446157","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
University based entrepreneurship in the UK is of increasing interest to both policy makers and university managers; evidenced by government sponsored initiatives such as the Science Enterprise Challenge, (SEC) in the UK – promoting entrepreneurship within higher education and the more recent development of the National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship, (NCGE). However, while the idea of the “entrepreneurial University” has begun to find support within a small number of constituencies the literature suggests that there are still a considerable number of barriers to the promotion of entrepreneurship within universities, in the UK, as well as across the EU and indeed the US, (Morrison 2004, Bok 2003, Etzkowitz 2003, Clarke 1998, 2003). While there is a growing agreement about the need for UK universities to become more entrepreneurial, a crucial question it seems is how might this be done effectively? (Gibb 2000). In this paper, using a case study approach, the authors seek to provide an answer to this question.
在英国，政策制定者和大学管理者对基于大学的创业越来越感兴趣;政府资助的项目证明了这一点，比如英国的科学企业挑战赛(SEC)——在高等教育中促进创业精神，以及最近成立的全国研究生创业委员会(NCGE)。然而，虽然“创业型大学”的概念已经开始在少数选区中得到支持，但文献表明，在英国、欧盟乃至美国的大学中，促进创业精神仍然存在相当多的障碍(Morrison 2004, Bok 2003, Etzkowitz 2003, Clarke 1998, 2003)。尽管越来越多的人认为英国大学有必要变得更具创业精神，但一个关键问题似乎是，如何才能有效地做到这一点?(吉布2000)。在本文中，使用案例研究的方法，作者试图提供这个问题的答案。
{"title":"The Marketing Science Interface: promoting the Entrepreneurship Agenda within the Science, Engineering and Technology (set) Constituency of Higher Education","authors":"P. McGowan, Sharon Porter, Micheal Brennan","doi":"10.3990/2.268617688","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3990/2.268617688","url":null,"abstract":"University based entrepreneurship in the UK is of increasing interest to both policy makers and university managers; evidenced by government sponsored initiatives such as the Science Enterprise Challenge, (SEC) in the UK – promoting entrepreneurship within higher education and the more recent development of the National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship, (NCGE). However, while the idea of the “entrepreneurial University” has begun to find support within a small number of constituencies the literature suggests that there are still a considerable number of barriers to the promotion of entrepreneurship within universities, in the UK, as well as across the EU and indeed the US, (Morrison 2004, Bok 2003, Etzkowitz 2003, Clarke 1998, 2003). While there is a growing agreement about the need for UK universities to become more entrepreneurial, a crucial question it seems is how might this be done effectively? (Gibb 2000). In this paper, using a case study approach, the authors seek to provide an answer to this question.","PeriodicalId":190289,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 14th Annual High Technology Small Firms Conference, HTSF 2006","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114533263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The evidence of limited ICT adoption and use among Ethnic Minority Businesses is growing, supported by the work of Ram and Smallbone (1999), Foley and Ram (2002) and SBS (2004). The reasons discussed are many including firm size, lack of skills, culture, markets and sectors (SBS, 2004 and Allinson et al, 2004). However, existing examinations of ICT adoption and use by EMBs have failed to consider business-to-business (B2B) activities especially by firms in sectors where B2B activities are rapidly developing and increasingly the norm. Given, the increasing economic impact of EMBs in the UK and the growing push towards international trade the paper identifies the factors that both aid and limit B2B development among EMBs and potential International partners. The focus of B2B development is the UK’s first Virtual Trade Fair bringing UK EMBs, US EMBs and US Corporates together virtually. The paper identifies a number of factors creating and limiting B2B development and the formation of any international strategic alliances including: limited ICT use; limited understanding and use of virtual trade fair technologies, operating sectors and markets. The recommendations to overcome such issues include greater inclusion of EMBs in UK government backed e-procurement programmes, improved matching of sectors between buyers and sellers and raised ICT awareness and adoption in the EMB community.
{"title":"The Business-to-Business implications of low-tech Entrepreneurial Ethnic Minority Businesses in a virtual environment","authors":"Martin Beckinsale, Darshan Pancholi, Mayank Shah","doi":"10.3990/2.268629317","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3990/2.268629317","url":null,"abstract":"The evidence of limited ICT adoption and use among Ethnic Minority Businesses is growing, supported by the work of Ram and Smallbone (1999), Foley and Ram (2002) and SBS (2004). The reasons discussed are many including firm size, lack of skills, culture, markets and sectors (SBS, 2004 and Allinson et al, 2004). However, existing examinations of ICT adoption and use by EMBs have failed to consider business-to-business (B2B) activities especially by firms in sectors where B2B activities are rapidly developing and increasingly the norm. Given, the increasing economic impact of EMBs in the UK and the growing push towards international trade the paper identifies the factors that both aid and limit B2B development among EMBs and potential International partners. The focus of B2B development is the UK’s first Virtual Trade Fair bringing UK EMBs, US EMBs and US Corporates together virtually. The paper identifies a number of factors creating and limiting B2B development and the formation of any international strategic alliances including: limited ICT use; limited understanding and use of virtual trade fair technologies, operating sectors and markets. The recommendations to overcome such issues include greater inclusion of EMBs in UK government backed e-procurement programmes, improved matching of sectors between buyers and sellers and raised ICT awareness and adoption in the EMB community.","PeriodicalId":190289,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 14th Annual High Technology Small Firms Conference, HTSF 2006","volume":"80 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124091255","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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