 The effect of firms' relational capabilities on knowledge acquisition and co-creation with universitiesMuthu De Silva and Federica Rossi Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2018, vol. 133, issue C, 72-84 Abstract: This study examines how firms' relational capabilities influence two main approaches to sourcing knowledge from universities, namely, acquiring and co-creating knowledge. By adopting a sequential mixed methods design to gather empirical evidence from firms that interact with universities, it contributes to unravelling the puzzle presented in the literature on the positive effects and drawbacks of relational capabilities. We find that the balance between the opposing effects of relational capabilities differs depending on the knowledge sourcing approach. While capabilities for aligning goals, objectives, and routines/practices between firms and academics are of significant importance only for knowledge co-creation, communication capabilities are important for both, with greater significance for knowledge acquisition. We highlight implications about what relational capabilities firms should nurture in order to best source knowledge from universities. Keywords: Interorganisational collaborations; Knowledge acquisition; Knowledge co-creation; Knowledge sourcing; Relational capabilities; University–firm interactions (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:tefoso:v:133:y:2018:i:c:p:72-84 DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2018.03.004 Access Statistics for this article Technological Forecasting and Social Change is currently edited by Fred Phillips More articles in Technological Forecasting and Social Change from Elsevier |
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