Effect of domestic and foreign technological collaborations on different level of product innovation radicalness

Authors

Panagiotis Ganotakis, Birmingham University, University of Wollongong in Dubai
M Kafouros, Leeds University

RIS ID

103220

Publication Details

Ganotakis, P. & Kafouros, M. 2015, 'Effect of domestic and foreign technological collaborations on different level of product innovation radicalness', IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM), IEEE, United States, pp. 1541-1545.

Abstract

Based on a sample of 1,684 manufacturing companies from the Taiwanese Technological Innovation Survey for the period from 2004-2006, the paper examines the relationship between different types of domestic and foreign based collaborative partners and different levels of product innovation radicalness. A complex network of relationships emerges where the level of innovation radicalness is associated with the type and geographic location of partners. A firm that aims to develop radical innovations should consider collaborating with domestic universities and competitors but also with customers in foreign countries.