Publication detail

Boosting Innovation Through Interfirm-Cooperation

ESTÉLYIOVÁ, K. ŽIŽLAVSKÝ, O.

Original Title

Boosting Innovation Through Interfirm-Cooperation

Type

journal article - other

Language

English

Original Abstract

Innovation is very often characterized as a resource-intensive activity connected with a relatively high level of risk and uncertainty. Therefore small and medium-sized enterprises are more vulnerable in this respect than large companies. Cooperation is one of the ways of tackling this disadvantage. The objective of the paper is to reveal the attitudes of SMEs in the South Moravian Region towards interfirm-cooperation in the form of strategic partnerships and find out the attributes of such cooperation in the field of innovation. To achieve this goal the authors have evaluated and interpreted the results of research conducted in 2010–2011. To gain data quantitative methodology was applied in the form of a questionnaire survey. This data was completed with primary qualitative data from personal interviews and secondary data from previous research. The paper is organized in the following way: first of all, the importance of innovation is highlighted and the means of its creation through cooperation are introduced. Then the research methodology is described in more detail followed by the presentation of research results. Finally, there is a discussion of the main results and the conclusions arrived at.

Keywords

Innovation, cooperation, management, competitive advantage

Authors

ESTÉLYIOVÁ, K.; ŽIŽLAVSKÝ, O.

RIV year

2012

Released

7. 12. 2012

Publisher

Kaunas University of Technology

Location

Kaunas

ISBN

1822-6515

Periodical

Economics and management-2007

Year of study

17

Number

4

State

Republic of Lithuania

Pages from

1564

Pages to

1571

Pages count

1636

BibTex

@article{BUT95691,
  author="Kristína {Sághy Estélyi} and Ondřej {Žižlavský}",
  title="Boosting Innovation Through Interfirm-Cooperation",
  journal="Economics and management-2007",
  year="2012",
  volume="17",
  number="4",
  pages="1564--1571",
  issn="1822-6515"
}