Coping with uncertainty - Exploration, exploitation, and collaboration in R&D

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dc.contributor.authorKuittinen, Hanna
dc.contributor.authorPuumalainen, Kaisu
dc.contributor.authorJantunen, Ari
dc.contributor.authorKyläheiko, Kalevi
dc.contributor.authorPätäri, Satu
dc.contributor.institutionPolicies for Innovation and Technology
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-24T12:05:35Z
dc.date.available2024-07-24T12:05:35Z
dc.date.issued2013-01-01
dc.description.abstractThis paper studies the formation of and the motives for research and development (R&D) activities. In it, we explore the linkages between explorative and exploitative R&D activities and the different types of governance structures firms use when organising R&D. Additionally, we analyse the relationship between different kinds of firm-external uncertainties arising from the operating environments and the organisation of R&D activities. Finally, we scrutinise the impact of the collaboration mode on a firm's innovative performance, and stress the important role of knowledge sharing as a generator of success in innovative performance. We employ survey data from our sample of 299 Finnish companies. The findings indicate that a firm's choice of R&D governance structure is partly affected by the selection of an explorative or exploitative strategy, which in turn depends on the degree of firm-internal uncertainty. External dynamism is an additional factor affecting the choice of the preferred governance structure.en
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
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dc.identifier.citationKuittinen , H , Puumalainen , K , Jantunen , A , Kyläheiko , K & Pätäri , S 2013 , ' Coping with uncertainty - Exploration, exploitation, and collaboration in R &D ' , International Journal of Business Innovation and Research , vol. 7 , no. 3 , pp. 340-361 . https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBIR.2013.053635
dc.identifier.doi10.1504/IJBIR.2013.053635
dc.identifier.issn1751-0252
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11556/3573
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84877262282&partnerID=8YFLogxK
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Business Innovation and Research
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.subject.keywordsEnvironmental dynamism
dc.subject.keywordsExploitation
dc.subject.keywordsExploration
dc.subject.keywordsInnovation performance
dc.subject.keywordsKnowledge sharing
dc.subject.keywordsR&D
dc.subject.keywordsR&D cooperation
dc.subject.keywordsResearch and development
dc.subject.keywordsSurvey
dc.subject.keywordsBusiness and International Management
dc.subject.keywordsManagement of Technology and Innovation
dc.titleCoping with uncertainty - Exploration, exploitation, and collaboration in R&Den
dc.typejournal article
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