TY - JOUR
T1 - The engagement of entrepreneurial firms with universities
T2 - Network formation, innovation and resilience
AU - Huggins, Robert
AU - Prokop, Daniel
AU - Steffenson, Rebecca
AU - Johnston, Andrew
AU - Clifton, Nick
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 The Braybrooke Press Ltd.
PY - 2014/9/1
Y1 - 2014/9/1
N2 - This paper examines the role of entrepreneurial firms as agents of economic resilience. It focuses on the networks these firms construct with universities in order to access knowledge for innovation. Drawing on data from a cohort of entrepreneurial firms in the United Kingdom and the United States it is found that networks between entrepreneurial firms and universities are an important feature of the complex adaptive innovation systems associated with resilience. Furthermore, entrepreneurial firms play a role in open innovation practices through the establishment of both horizontal and vertical ties with universities. However, there are numerous challenges that entrepreneurial firms often face when seeking to connect with universities, which may stymie resilience.
AB - This paper examines the role of entrepreneurial firms as agents of economic resilience. It focuses on the networks these firms construct with universities in order to access knowledge for innovation. Drawing on data from a cohort of entrepreneurial firms in the United Kingdom and the United States it is found that networks between entrepreneurial firms and universities are an important feature of the complex adaptive innovation systems associated with resilience. Furthermore, entrepreneurial firms play a role in open innovation practices through the establishment of both horizontal and vertical ties with universities. However, there are numerous challenges that entrepreneurial firms often face when seeking to connect with universities, which may stymie resilience.
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U2 - 10.1177/030630701404000103
DO - 10.1177/030630701404000103
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84918785657
SN - 0306-3070
VL - 40
SP - 23
EP - 51
JO - Journal of General Management
JF - Journal of General Management
IS - 1
ER -