Technological collaboration in the Korean electronic parts industry: patterns and key success factors

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This study empirically examines different patterns of collaborative technological development projects and the key success factors (KSFs), using data from 82 projects in the Korean electronic parts industry. The patterns of technological collaboration were categorized into 4 types by two contingency variables: development motive (technology-push or market-pull) and source of initiation (focal firm- or partner-initiated). The bivariate relationships revealed that project characteristics (technological complexity, demand certainty, and financial support of the government), partner characteristics (the level of trust with partners), and collaborative management practices (commitment of the focal firm, and information sharing in the collaboration process) appear to be different depending on the two contingency variables. Each type of collaborative R&D project also had different KSFs. While diverse characteristics like strategic importance, goal compatibility and. information sharing with partners are critical for the success of technology-push projects, just only specificity of collaboration process and outcome appears important to the success of demand-pull projects. For focal firm-initiated projects, project characteristics are KSFs, whilst partner characteristics and collaboration management practice are found to be more critical for the success of partner initiated projects. The findings suggest that the different contingencies such as development motive and source of initiation bring about different patterns of collaborative technology development projects, which in turn lead to a different set of KSFs, since different information, roles of partners and the focal firms, and collaboration management practices are needed to successfully implement the different types of projects. Based on empirical results, this study discusses managerial, policy, and theoretical implications for the collaborative R&D activities taking place in the Korean electronic parts industry.
Publisher
BLACKWELL PUBL LTD
Issue Date
2003-01
Language
English
Article Type
Article
Keywords

RESEARCH-AND-DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; INNOVATION; PROJECTS; INFORMATION; COOPERATION; FRAMEWORK; SUPPLIERS; NETWORKS

Citation

R D MANAGEMENT, v.33, no.1, pp.59 - 77

ISSN
0033-6807
DOI
10.1111/1467-9310.00282
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10203/8870
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