Thesis (M.I.S. (Information Science) -- University of Pretoria, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Harvard University, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 156-160).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 1988. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 216-225).

This study explores perceptions regarding the existence and influence of occupational subcultures on commercialisation outcomes in four Australian hybrid industry-research organisations. The thesis proposition is that occupational subcultures exist within Australian Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs) and impact commercialisation outcomes; the distinctly different knowledge and skills that provide reason for research and commercial groups to collaborate, may simultaneously create obstacles to communication and cooperation. Understanding and considering the impact of occupational cultures that underpin the actions and decisions taken by member organisations and individuals, may be important in hybrid industry-research organisations. The findings of this study extend and challenge some of the management practices recommended by extant innovation research. In particular, the finding that process management techniques functioned to ease the transition from exploration to exploitation activities during commercialisation in one CRC contradicts advice to isolate exploration activities from process management. Directions for future research include the investigation of temporal orientations in research and commercial occupational subcultures in the context of commercialisation in hybrid-industry research organisations. Temporal attributes encompass planning horizons, mono and polychronicity, and attributes towards pace and punctuality. Additionally, the findings regarding the impact of argumentation styles upon commercialisation justify further research to examine different national settings, industry sectors and occupational communities. / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 1996. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 146-154).

Thesis (M.B.A.)--University of North Carolina Wilmington, 2009. / Title from PDF title page (February 23, 2010) Includes bibliographical references (p. 54-57)

Orientador: Maria Beatriz Machado Bonacelli / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Geociências / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-17T04:08:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Aquino_AnaFlaviaPortilhoFerrode_D.pdf: 2320732 bytes, checksum: 570a212ea7ff0ce302ec652ad36ad0a9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 / Resumo: O presente trabalho traz uma análise crítica da abordagem de inovação aberta (IA) e tem como objetivo analisar e caracterizar práticas colaborativas em inovação identificadas no setor de higiene pessoal, perfumaria e cosméticos (HPPC), procurando definir os desafios que se configuram a partir da necessidade de desenvolvimento de novas competências e rotinas organizacionais, a fim de operacionalizar estratégias deliberadamente focadas no estabelecimento de parcerias em pesquisa e desenvolvimento (P&D), como é o caso da inovação aberta (IA). Para tanto, inicialmente foi feita uma revisão da literatura de IA de modo a desmistificar seu conceito, elencar suas formas de aplicação e identificar diferentes níveis de implementação. Posteriormente, analisamos a estrutura, dinâmica e condicionantes da inovação no setor de HPPC. Em seguida, caracterizamos práticas colaborativas em P&D e inovação estabelecidas entre empresas do setor a partir da análise de 43 casos. Analisamos também no Brasil e na França esforços empreendidos por associações industriais e governo de institucionalização do apoio ao estabelecimento de parcerias no setor. A fim de identificar e caracterizar práticas de gestão destas parcerias realizamos uma pesquisa exploratória com dez organizações e um estudo de caso em profundidade da empresa brasileira Natura. A partir da análise da implementação de uma estratégia de IA nesta empresa, pudemos identificar passos que compõem o processo de desenvolvimento de novas competências e rotinas organizacionais necessárias à sua implementação e, mais especificamente, ao acesso e gerenciamento de diversas fontes externas de inovação. Usamos como arcabouço teórico para realizar esta análise a visão baseada em recursos e a abordagem de capacidades dinâmicas (CD). Argumentamos que o desenvolvimento dessas competências e rotinas requer a mobilização de CD da firma num processo de reconfiguração de recursos e aprendizagem. Dentre as competências a serem desenvolvidas, destacamos as capacidades relacionais, especialmente necessárias no caso de empresas que lidam com uma vasta gama de atores, como é o caso da Natura. Como principais conclusões deste trabalho, acreditamos que a IA, uma abordagem que une práticas de busca de fontes externas de inovação, assim como de uso alternativo de tecnologias próprias não incorporadas ao negócio da empresa, é aplicável ao setor de HPPPC, dada sua dinâmica de inovação, desde que sejam realizados esforços para a estruturação e formalização desta estratégia. Destacamos alguns pontos nesse sentido. Primeiramente, é fundamental ter uma área dedicada à gestão de parcerias, sendo importante que esta seja apoiada pelas interfaces internas. Em segundo lugar, se faz necessário um processo de avaliação das parcerias. Finalmente, é crucial a manutenção de um P&D interno estável e contínuo, assim como o nível elevado da capacidade técnica das pessoas envolvidas nas atividades de P&D, na busca por oportunidades externas e na condução das parcerias. Afinal, só é possível extrair valor das oportunidades identificadas e das parcerias estabelecidas quando se tem a capacidade de absorção dos resultados provenientes destas interações / Abstract: This work provides a critical analysis of the open innovation approach and aims to analyze and characterize the collaborative innovation practices identified in the cosmetics and toiletries (C&T) industry, seeking to define the challenges that emerge from the need to develop new competences and organizational routines in order to implement strategies deliberately focused on building partnerships in research and development (R&D), as is the case of open innovation (OI). Therefore, we firstly reviewed the literature about OI in order to demystify the concept, list its application forms and identify its different levels of implementation. Subsequently, we assessed the structure, dynamics and current innovation drivers in the C&T industry. Secondly, we identified and characterized R&D and innovation collaborative practices established between companies in the industry by analyzing 43 cases. We also analyzed Brazilian and French industry associations and government efforts aimed at supporting the institutionalization of partnerships in the C&T industry. In order to identify and characterize management practices of these partnerships we performed an exploratory research with ten organizations and an in depth case study of the Brazilian company Natura. By analyzing the implementation of an OI strategy in this company, we were able to identify steps that comprise the process of developing the necessary competences and organizational routines, especially to access and manage a wide range of external sources of innovation. In order to perform this analysis, we used the resource-based view and the dynamic capabilities approach (DC) as theoretical framework. We argue that the development of these competences and routines requires the mobilization of DC of the firm in a process of resources reconfiguration and organizational learning. Among the skills to be developed, we highlight the firm's relational capabilities, especially needed by companies dealing with a wide range of actors, as is the case of Natura. As main conclusions of this work, we believe that OI, an approach which unifies practices for searching external sources of innovation as well as for establishing alternative paths to market for internal technologies unsuitable to the firm's business model, is applicable to this industry, given its innovation dynamics, though efforts should be made for the structuring and formalization of this strategy. We highlight some points that we consider essential in this regard. Firstly, it is fundamental to have a dedicated function to the partnerships management, and it is utterly important that it be supported by the different internal interfaces. Secondly, an evaluating process of the partnerships is necessary. Finally, it is crucial that a stable and continuous internal R&D be maintained, as well as the high level of expertise of persons engaged in R&D activities, in looking for opportunities, and in the conduct of external partnerships. After all, the firm can only extract value of the identified opportunities and partnerships when it has the adequate absorptive capacity to internalize the results of these interactions / Doutorado / Doutor em Política Científica e Tecnológica

Collaboration between academic and corporate entities has increased in recent years. On many occasions Government actors (e.g. federal laboratories) will participate in these collaborations, especially when advanced technologies are involved. The following inquiry considers the degree to which the federal entities add (scientific) value to University-Industry partnerships and how this value is spatially mediated. Quantifying degrees of the value that Government actors induce across the spectrum of University-Industry collaborative arrangements is useful for identifying scales at which intervention by federal agents is more effective and/or justified. It is anticipated that the value-added by federal agents in University-Industry collaboration is not spatially uniform but will exhibit greater profitability across specific scales of interaction. Comparing these against actual scales of interaction provides room for discussion on whether Government actors engage Universities and Industry at scales that optimize the value they introduce to these partnerships.

"This document was submitted as a dissertation in December 2009 in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the doctoral degree in public policy analysis at the Pardee RAND Graduate School." / Title from PDF title screen (viewed Jan. 21, 2010). Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-360).

This thesis proposes to enlighten several channels that favor the emergence and the outcome of creative ideas and innovation in general amongst private firms, with a particular focus on European companies. The first chapter introduces the motivations related to this research, defines the research objectives and questions addressed by the dissertation and concludes with the outline and the contributions of the thesis. <p><p>The second chapter analyzes the financing constraints on R&D investments. The central question in this chapter is whether financing constraints can explain a part of the acknowledged R&D gap between Europe and the US. In order to address this question, a dataset is constructed on the basis of a compilation of R&D scoreboards. The findings of this chapter are based on a sensitivity analysis of R&D to cash flow using estimates of dynamic R&D equations. The relationship between the financing constraints on R&D and the age of the companies is analyzed in an additional set of results with parametric as well as non parametric estimations. European firms appear to be affected by financing constraints in the 2000s while this is not the case for the US companies. The age seems to affect negatively the R&D sensitivity for EU and US leading innovators, with higher sensitivities for old and low-tech EU firms than their US counterparts.<p><p>The third chapter is dedicated to the measuring of the knowledge production of R&D expenditures when they are disaggregated into the following components: intramural versus extramural expenditures, research versus development expenditures, product-oriented versus process-oriented, human capital versus investments. The sources of funding and the types of subcontractors are also considered. The main question of this chapter is whether the heterogeneity of R&D affects the technology performance of the companies, as measured by patent applications. A cross-sectional Belgian R&D survey conducted over 2004-2005 is used for the purpose of the analysis. Given the high dependency of the Belgian innovation system towards the foreign MNEs, a matching process was performed between Belgian R&D and patents related to Belgian inventors in order to capture the patents filed outside Belgium but related to inventions created by firms located in Belgium (i.e. subsidiaries of foreign groups). Estimates of the elasticity of the quantity of patents with respect to the components of R&D are provided. <p><p>The main question of the fourth chapter is whether the diversification strategies of the economic activities of the R&D leaders in Europe affect, positively or negatively, the performance of their R&D activities. An original approach is proposed on the basis of the analysis of the subsidiaries of EU MNEs. The sample consists of large R&D firms that represent about 80% of total European R&D. In general, the results indicate a positive impact from globalization on firms’ R&D productivity, especially in the US, while a negative impact for industrial diversification is found. <p><p>The main question of the fifth chapter is whether the R&D activities that are conducted outside Europe still benefit to European growth. If so, how does the regional location of R&D centers matter in the production process of EU MNEs? The analysis is conducted on the basis of a unique sample of 637 European R&D leaders with information that is consolidated with respect to about 8000 worldwide patenting subsidiaries. The assessment of R&D internationalization is proxied by the regional repartition of the inventors of each firm. The empirical findings suggest that R&D located in Europe yields significant economic results, but a reallocation of R&D located in Europe instead of outside Europe seems to be correlated with lower R&D performances in high-tech sectors, but not in lower-tech industries. Conversely, a larger share of R&D located in the US seems to improve the economic performance of R&D activities within high-tech EU MNEs while the effect is negative for lower-tech companies. Nevertheless, the economic performance of R&D centers in Europe and US is jointly positive and significant for both regions.<p><p>The sixth chapter concludes the dissertation by reviewing the main findings of the previous chapters. Policy implications are summarized and the limitations of the thesis are addressed. Finally, extensions of the scope of the analysis and ideas for future research are suggested. / Doctorat en Sciences économiques et de gestion / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished