Heterogeneity in industry–university R&D collaboration and firm innovative performance

Jun You Lin, Chih Hai Yang

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Abstract

University–industry R&D collaboration is a key driver of participating firms’ technological capability. However, there is still debate on the determinants of a firm’s innovation performance, especially in relation to the characteristics of collaboration and organizational slack. We lay the foundation for our theoretical framework by establishing testable hypotheses on the effects of the characteristics of university–industry collaboration and organizational slack on the innovation performance of participating firms. Based on a panel data of 2914 firm-year cases for the top 200 U.S. R&D firms, estimates obtained from quantitative techniques produce consistent results and support our predictions. Collaboration breadth, network centrality, unabsorbed slack, collaboration experience and collaboration proactiveness are associated with innovation performance. Moreover, a firm’s higher absorbed slack exerts a negative influence on innovation performance. The managerial implications and future research directions are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-25
Number of pages25
JournalScientometrics
Volume124
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jul 2020

Keywords

  • Absorbed slack
  • Breadth of collaboration
  • Collaboration experience
  • Network centrality
  • R&D collaboration
  • Unabsorbed slack

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