This paper reports on activities and results of a partnership approach to an in-house innovation learning project (ILP … off-site practical learning workshops in innovation and skills development of three key people from each company … capacity, innovation capability, and technology transfer and licensing opportunities through engaging in activities that …

, several policy interventions have focused on developing their innovation capacities through funding in R&D, exports and … innovation over a 12-month period in small businesses operating in peripheral regions. A broad-based definition of organisational … innovation is adopted and supported with case-based evidence on how successful innovations can be sustained through a model of …

learning activities to generate successful products. Yet prior NPD research has largely taken a positivistic view of learning … despite an inkling that too much learning can lead to dysfunction. This study attempts to contribute the NPD literature by … analyzing whether and, if so, when technological learning engenders shortcomings and affects new product commercialization. We …

Community Innovation Survey to test our hypotheses. We find an inverted u-shape of innovation off-shoring on the effectiveness …We analyze the effects of captive off-shoring of innovation activities on the firms' ability to adapt their … of organizational adaptability, implying an optimal threshold value of innovation off-shoring. This value is 11% for …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how universities' learning behavior (explorative or exploitative … revealed that the universities' knowledge mobility is positively affected by both the explorative learning behavior and the … present research provides interesting implications. In fact, recognizing the importance of explorative learning mechanisms …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a framework for understanding the learning outcomes of strategic … recognizes four types of learning outcomes.Findings – The distinction of four types of alliance enables us to identify their … distinctive characteristics and learning outcomes.Originality/value – The paper increases the awareness of managers about the …

, and non-monotonically, on the expected return on the risky activity, leading to three learning regimes including a …

In this paper we test the relation between cognitive distance and innovation performance of firms engaged in technology …-based alliances. The key finding is that the hypothesis of an inverted U-shaped effect of cognitive distance on innovation performance …