Coping with uncertainty - Exploration, exploitation, and collaboration in R&D
dc.contributor.author | Kuittinen, Hanna | |
dc.contributor.author | Puumalainen, Kaisu | |
dc.contributor.author | Jantunen, Ari | |
dc.contributor.author | Kyläheiko, Kalevi | |
dc.contributor.author | Pätäri, Satu | |
dc.contributor.institution | Policies for Innovation and Technology | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-07-24T12:05:35Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-07-24T12:05:35Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-01-01 | |
dc.description.abstract | This 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.status | Peer reviewed | |
dc.format.extent | 22 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Kuittinen , 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.doi | 10.1504/IJBIR.2013.053635 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1751-0252 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11556/3573 | |
dc.identifier.url | http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84877262282&partnerID=8YFLogxK | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | International Journal of Business Innovation and Research | |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess | |
dc.subject.keywords | Environmental dynamism | |
dc.subject.keywords | Exploitation | |
dc.subject.keywords | Exploration | |
dc.subject.keywords | Innovation performance | |
dc.subject.keywords | Knowledge sharing | |
dc.subject.keywords | R&D | |
dc.subject.keywords | R&D cooperation | |
dc.subject.keywords | Research and development | |
dc.subject.keywords | Survey | |
dc.subject.keywords | Business and International Management | |
dc.subject.keywords | Management of Technology and Innovation | |
dc.title | Coping with uncertainty - Exploration, exploitation, and collaboration in R&D | en |
dc.type | journal article |