Performance Measurement of Collaborative Research and Development: An Exploratory Analysis

Simone Franzò, Federico Frattini and Paolo Landoni
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Simone Franzò: Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, P.za Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milan, 20133, Italy
Federico Frattini: Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, P.za Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milan, 20133, Italy

International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), 2020, vol. 17, issue 06, 1-21

Abstract: Collaborative research and development (R&D) requires specific management approaches in several aspects including the measurement of R&D performance. This paper aims to contribute to the debate on how performance of different types of collaborative R&D activities should be measured. To this end, we conduct an exploratory research based on case studies, involving four cases of multinational companies in different fields. We show that firms use performance measurement systems for collaborative R&D which are different compared to the ones used for non-collaborative R&D. Furthermore, such performance measurement systems differ depending on the type of collaborative R&D projects that companies are involved in.

Keywords: Collaborative R&D; open innovation; performance measurement systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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