RT Dissertation/Thesis
T1 The evolution of innovation networks : an automotive case study
A1 Buchmann,Tobias
WP 2015/06/08
AB Competitive pressure forces firms to continuously develop new ideas, invent new technologies and bring new products to the market in order to survive the destructive part of Schumpeterian innovation competition. This holds particularly for the automotive industry in Germany, challenged by firms from emerging markets which are able to offer their products for lower prices. In the competition for new technological solutions, competences and cutting-edge knowledge are success factors. New knowledge stimulates the emergence of new ideas that can be transformed into innovation. Such knowledge can partly be generated internally in the companies’ R&D laboratories. However, relying on internal knowledge generation is no longer sufficient. Participation in innovation networks which allow for access to external knowledge, and applying innovation cooperation as a strategic tool to acquire necessary knowledge which cannot be developed in-house opens up rich opportunities to complement and recombine the own knowledge-base. Thus, knowledge becomes the most important source of competitive advantage. In this dissertation, I analyze the drivers of innovation networks evolution among a sample of German automotive firms.
K1 Innovation
K1 Kooperation
K1 Kraftfahrzeugindustrie
K1 Elektromobilität
K1 Patentanalyse
PP Hohenheim
PB Kommunikations-, Informations- und Medienzentrum der Universität Hohenheim
UL http://opus.uni-hohenheim.de/volltexte/2015/1073