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題名 Trust Relationships within R&D Networks: A Case Study from the Biotechnological Industry
作者 邊泰明
Ben, Tai-Ming
貢獻者 地政系
關鍵詞 R&D cooperation, confidence, firm performance, R&D assets, R&D networks, formal contract, informal exchange, cooperative performance
日期 2012.1
上傳時間 2-Sep-2014 14:24:14 (UTC+8)
摘要 Industrial globalization is spurring the development of linkages among manufacturers. Research and development cooperation becomes increasingly valuable as it allows manufacturers to share the costs and risks of pursuing innovation and developing new technologies. However, as R&D cooperation involves knowledge exchange and resource sharing, cooperative firms may face the risk of confidential information leakage and of misappropriation hazards. Trust among partners, therefore, is critical to the performance of R&D cooperation and network. This paper aims to identify the relationship between trust and firm performance in R&D cooperation. Questionnaires and Structural Equation Modeling are used to untangle this relationship among biotechnology manufacturers in Taiwan. Our results show that specific assets, formal contracts and informal exchanges among R&D cooperative partners all affect inter-organizational trust. More precisely, R&D assets created from combining the above three factors also have a positive relationship with inter-organizational trust, which could further promote firm performance.
關聯 Innovation: Management, Policy and Practice Journal, Vol.16, No.3, pp.0
資料類型 article
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5172/impp.2014.16.3.354
dc.contributor 地政系en_US
dc.creator (作者) 邊泰明zh_TW
dc.creator (作者) Ben, Tai-Mingen_US
dc.date (日期) 2012.1en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2-Sep-2014 14:24:14 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 2-Sep-2014 14:24:14 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 2-Sep-2014 14:24:14 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/69571-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) Industrial globalization is spurring the development of linkages among manufacturers. Research and development cooperation becomes increasingly valuable as it allows manufacturers to share the costs and risks of pursuing innovation and developing new technologies. However, as R&D cooperation involves knowledge exchange and resource sharing, cooperative firms may face the risk of confidential information leakage and of misappropriation hazards. Trust among partners, therefore, is critical to the performance of R&D cooperation and network. This paper aims to identify the relationship between trust and firm performance in R&D cooperation. Questionnaires and Structural Equation Modeling are used to untangle this relationship among biotechnology manufacturers in Taiwan. Our results show that specific assets, formal contracts and informal exchanges among R&D cooperative partners all affect inter-organizational trust. More precisely, R&D assets created from combining the above three factors also have a positive relationship with inter-organizational trust, which could further promote firm performance.en_US
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dc.relation (關聯) Innovation: Management, Policy and Practice Journal, Vol.16, No.3, pp.0en_US
dc.subject (關鍵詞) R&D cooperation, confidence, firm performance, R&D assets, R&D networks, formal contract, informal exchange, cooperative performanceen_US
dc.title (題名) Trust Relationships within R&D Networks: A Case Study from the Biotechnological Industryen_US
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dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.5172/impp.2014.16.3.354en_US
dc.doi.uri (DOI) http://dx.doi.org/10.5172/impp.2014.16.3.354en_US