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Knowledge acquisition in innovation networks : venture capital vs. R&D cooperation

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  • Ghasem Shiri

    (PICAR-T - Processus d'Innovation, Compétitivité dans l'Agriculture et la Ruralité & Territoires - Institut Polytechnique LaSalle Beauvais)

  • Donia Trabelsi

    (IMT-BS - DEFI - Département Droit, Économie et Finances - TEM - Télécom Ecole de Management - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] - IMT-BS - Institut Mines-Télécom Business School - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris])

Abstract

This paper examines the contribution of different partners in innovation networks. We focus our research on two forms of partnership, partnerships with venture capitalists(VCs) and research and development (R&D) cooperation, whose main objectives are to overcome financial constraints and to obtain external knowledge. We distinguish between two types of knowledge: technological and market knowledge. We use a dataset of 140 French firms to examine the contribution of VCs and R&D cooperation in the acquisition of these two types of knowledge. Our main findings suggest that R&D cooperation brings technological knowledge, whereas the presence of a VC in the firm provides knowledge about the market.

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  • Ghasem Shiri & Donia Trabelsi, 2013. "Knowledge acquisition in innovation networks : venture capital vs. R&D cooperation," Post-Print hal-01274881, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01274881
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