collaboration with start-ups within their corporate innovation ecosystems (CIEs). The purpose of this study is to analyze the role … of SCUs with reference to the transfer of knowledge between start-ups and large companies in collaborative innovation … collaborative innovation processes involving start-ups by studying the knowledge-broker role played by SCUs in the complex network …

This study verified innovation objectives for Japanese SMEs' access to university knowledge the effects of university … knowledge on innovation outcomes. The analysis found the following three points. First, Japanese SMEs do not access university … knowledge strategically according to innovation objectives but decide whether to use university knowledge in consideration of …