Business-University Alliances and Innovation in New and Adolescent Technology Ventures

Ken Colwell () and Donna Marie DeCarolis
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Ken Colwell: Drexel University
Donna Marie DeCarolis: Drexel University

Chapter Chapter 9 in New Frontiers in Entrepreneurship, 2009, pp 175-194 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The dynamic resource based view introduces the concept of capability lifecycles. Applying this theory to new and adolescent technology ventures, we propose and test a model of the sources of heterogeneous knowledge capabilities that impact innovation. We suggest that the characteristics of the top management of these ventures impacts business-university alliance formation – a critical knowledge capability that affects innovation. Building on prior research, we also examine the source of firm specific knowledge through geographical munificence. Our results suggest that there are paths to knowledge capability development and innovation and that people are critical to the building of collaborative relationships, not merely being in the right location.

Keywords: Intellectual Capital; Strategic Alliance; Organizational Knowledge; Capability Development; Firm Innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0058-6_9

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