Knowledge acquisition in innovation networks: venture capital vs. R&D cooperation

Ghasem Shiri and Donia Trabelsi ()
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Ghasem Shiri: PICAR-T - Processus d'Innovation, Compétitivité dans l'Agriculture et la Ruralité & Territoires - Institut Polytechnique LaSalle Beauvais
Donia Trabelsi: IMT-BS - DEFI - Département Droit, Économie et Finances - TEM - Télécom Ecole de Management - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] - IMT-BS - Institut Mines-Télécom Business School - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris]

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Abstract: This paper examines the contribution of different partners in innovation networks. We focus our research on two forms of partnership, partnerships with venture capitalists(VCs) and research and development (R&D) cooperation, whose main objectives are to overcome financial constraints and to obtain external knowledge. We distinguish between two types of knowledge: technological and market knowledge. We use a dataset of 140 French firms to examine the contribution of VCs and R&D cooperation in the acquisition of these two types of knowledge. Our main findings suggest that R&D cooperation brings technological knowledge, whereas the presence of a VC in the firm provides knowledge about the market.

Keywords: Innovation networks; Venture capital; R&; D cooperation; Knowledge acquisition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-06-12
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Published in FMA 2013 : 17th Annual European Conference of the Financial Management Association International, Jun 2013, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

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