Specifically, we measure the impact on each of these variables based on three dimensions – small and medium-sized enterprises (SME), younger firms, and size of the collaboration firms participated in – to establish boundary conditions.
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This can be done (as displayed in Table 7) by calculating the density of the two collaborative networks: collaboration among firms competing for a specific revenue stream vs. collaboration among firms that do not compete for a specific revenue stream.
Alternatively, but less precisely, it can be also be done by zooming and visualizing side by side collaboration among firms competing vs. collaboration among firms that do not compete (see Fig. 14).
Our findings reveal that sub-national institutional variations have a profound impact on the relationship between academic collaborations and firms' innovation performance, illustrate that some established assumptions are not valid in emerging countries, such as China, and offer insights into how EMEs can enhance their innovation performance.
There is also partial evidence suggesting that the relationship is less pronounced for both external search and formal collaboration if firms do not draw ideas from or collaborate with competitors.
Another study by Robin and Schubert (2013) on research collaboration between firms and universities/public research institutions, in Germany and in France, found that the collaboration had a significant positive influence on product and process innovation intensity of firms.
Technological innovations often involve collaboration among firms from diverse industries.
The choice of the right mix of control mechanisms contributes to the success of collaboration across firms' boundaries.
We examine a prominent form of cross-border collaboration − firms' strategic outsourcing in a host country where they operate − and contrast contracting choices with those made for similar home country relations.
