Measuring the Effectiveness of Cooperative Ties in Knowledge Networks

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Result on the web

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Measuring the Effectiveness of Cooperative Ties in Knowledge Networks

Original language description

Competitive advantage based on knowledge-intensive elements is often developed within innovation networks, strategic alliances, research centers, and consortia. Network-based operation among knowledge-intensive organizations helps to accelerate the pace of global technological change and helps diffuse complex knowledge and techniques at the international level. The interconnected actors cooperate and create an environment that promotes knowledge generation and transfer. Reciprocal willingness to share knowledge, trust, and even risk are important elements of a knowledge-intensive network&apos;s environment. This makes it possible to generate innovation – both faster and cheaper. The knowledge obtained, applied in the form of innovation, strengthens enterprise performance and increases an economy&apos;s competitiveness. Institutional support for research and development is carried out by various organizations in the Czech Republic. The Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TACR) is the most important of these. It provides state support for applied research and experimental development. Its programs intentionally target cooperating stakeholders from the business and knowledge sectors. TACR supports projects that can reasonably expect to achieve various types of knowledge-intensive and commercializable results. Here, we constructed a knowledge network based on micro data from TACR concerning funding provided in the Pardubice region during the years 2011–2015. We focused on two primary industries in this region – the chemical and transportation industries. Using DEA analysis, we examined the effectiveness of TACR financial support, using project cost and the number of projects as inputs with patents and utility models being the multiple outputs. We show that cooperative ties in the chemical industry are more effective than in the transportation industry, which has important policy implications for state support of knowledge networks.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50601 - Political science

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA14-02836S" target="_blank" >GA14-02836S: Modelling of knowledge spill-over effects in the context of regional and local development</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

Proceedings of the 18th European Conference on Knowledge Management

ISBN

978-1-911218-03-6

ISSN

2048-8963

e-ISSN

neuvedeno

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

831-839

Publisher name

Academic Conferences and Publishing International

Place of publication

Reading

Event location

Belfast

Event date

Sep 7, 2016

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

000400276800099