Research technology organisations as leaders of R&D collaboration with SMEs: role,barriers and facilitators |
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Authors: | José Albors-Garrigós Carlos A. Rincon-Diaz Juan Ignacio Igartua-Lopez |
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Affiliation: | 1. Departamento de Organización de Empresas, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain;2. Departamento de Mecánica y Producción Industrial, Mondragon Unibertsitatea, Arrasate, Spain |
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Abstract: | Research technology organisations or RTOs have attracted academic interest in the last decade due to their role as technology transfer agents and R&D collaborative leaders for firms and especially for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Although their role within the diversity of specialised structures in generating R&D for industry in National Innovation Systems is recognised, there are scarce publications in relation to their strategies, performance or characteristic, as leaders of R&D collaboration with SMEs. The aim of this work is to identify the role, barriers and facilitators for RTOs performance as well as to develop a contingency relationship between industry environment, strategy, organisational structure and other factors for successful technology transfer from technology organisations to SMEs. This research is based on a field study conducted on 14 technology organisations based in the Valencia region, working with various industry sectors. |
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Keywords: | R& D collaboration research technology organisations SMEs innovation strategies collaborative innovation networks |
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