Cooperative Technological Innovation Research Articles

The choice of cooperative technology innovation strategies in a supply chain under governmental subsidy

Governments all over the world usually establish the policy of subsidies to stimulate firms’ technology innovation behaviors. The participating firms may share the high risk of expense through cooperative technology innovation. Different forms of governmental subsidies may have a significant impact on the choice of firms’ cooperative innovation strategies. This paper investigates the effect of government subsidies on firms’ technology innovation strategies. We consider two modes of cooperative technology innovation (technology transfer or joint innovation) in a two-level supply chain including an upstream manufacturer (UM) and a downstream manufacturer (DM) in the presence of two forms of governmental subsidies (a per-unit production subsidy or an innovation subsidy). We find that in the presence of either form of governmental subsidy, technology transfer mode is better off for the UM than joint innovation mode when the UM’s distribution power is greater than a threshold, otherwise joint innovation mode is better off. In the presence of a given form of governmental subsidy, the DM’s response strategy is influenced by the interaction of different values of the proportion of revenue and the fraction of innovation cost. In the presence of a per-unit production subsidy, the social welfare is always more under technology transfer mode than under joint innovation mode, while in the presence of an innovation subsidy, the opposite is true. We also show that under a given cooperative innovation mode, both the UM and DM expect a per-unit production subsidy if the per-unit tax credit is high, and they expect an innovation subsidy if the proportion of governmental subsidy is high. Finally, we discuss the robustness of the theoretical results.

Cooperative Technology Innovation Factors Identification and Analysis in the Manufacturing Virtual Industry Cluster

A manufacturing virtual industry cluster (MVIC) is a complex system composed of multiple companies or organizations. In MVIC, there are many influencing factors on cooperative technology innovation, and the factors are interrelated. Companies in MVIC need to clarify the action mechanism of various influencing factors when conducting cooperative technology innovation. Based on literature research, 13 main influencing factors of cooperative technology innovation in MVIC are identified. The hierarchical structure model and driving power-dependence matrix of the influencing factors are constructed by the Interpretation Structure Model (ISM) and Matrix of Cross Impact Multiplication Applied to a Classification (MICMAC) method (the cross-effect matrix multiplication) to clarify the influence mechanism of each influencing factor on the cooperative technology innovation in MVIC. Strategic suggestions for promoting cooperative technology innovation in MVIC are proposed.

Analysis of cooperative technological innovation strategy

This article focuses on the cooperative innovation under oligopoly with game theory approach. The effects of cooperative innovation are addressed. First, we argue that the total innovation investment of cooperators is more than that of an individual firm without cooperation. Second, the number of cooperative partners has different effects on firms’ innovative investment. Cooperative innovation investment decreases in both the number of cooperators and the total number of firms in the industry, while the innovation investment of non-cooperators increases. Finally, the optimal number of cooperators is initially highlighted in theory. The optimal number of firms in cooperation is achieved for cooperators, non-cooperators and social welfare, respectively.

Alianzas estratégicas y prácticas cooperativas que promueven la inclusión y el desarrollo territorial: Propuesta de un constructo de gobernanza cooperativa y territorial

Este artigo tem como objetivo estudar práticas cooperativas que possam gerar maior inclusão social e econômica em uma região localizada na fronteira internacional entre os países Argentina, Brasil e Paraguai, propondo um construto para reflexão e análise do processo de governança cooperativa e territorial. O estudo caracteriza-se, quanto aos seus fins, como um estudo multicaso, exploratório e descritivo, de natureza qualitativa, e quanto aos meios como investigação de campo com uso de questionário semiestruturado aplicado a líderes e agentes sociais, agregado de uma pesquisa bibliográfica, documental e de observação direta. A sistematização e análise dos dados relacionaram e contemplaram as evidências empíricas identificadas, os fundamentos conceituais, ponderações de diferentes autores e interpretações conclusivas dos autores do estudo. No final, o estudo oferece a proposta de um construto explicativo para o processo de governança cooperativa e territorial. As cooperativas operam de acordo com as leis de cada país e são influenciadas por várias outras características das regiões fronteiriças internacionais. Os avanços no desenvolvimento territorial conferem ao cooperativismo uma relevância ainda maior para promover a crescente inclusão econômica e social e sua promoção. As perspectivas do cooperativismo e desenvolvimento indicam priorizar o fortalecimento do sistema cooperativo, a qualificação de gestão e governança, os investimentos em educação cooperativa, a inovação produtiva e tecnológica e a formação de novas alianças estratégicas de cooperação entre cooperativa e sociedade.

Chaos in a duopoly model of technological innovation with bounded rationality based on constant conjectural variation

Abstract In this paper, we construct a duopoly model of technological innovation based on constant conjectural variation under the assumption of bounded rationality. The equilibrium points of constant conjectural variation and their local stability are investigated. By the theoretical proof, we prove that the model displays Li-Yorke chaos and distributional chaos in the ranges of the output adjusted coefficients by employing the snap-back repeller theory. The technological innovation is the main source of the core competitiveness of a firm, and technological content is an important factor of technological innovation. We find that the firms have the optimal technological contents while they could have the maximal profits in the two different situations, non-cooperative technological innovation and cooperative technological innovation. It’s proved that the cooperation of technological innovation can increase the marginal technological content, and benefit to technological progress. Then Numerical simulations are used to illustrate the dynamic analysis of the model under the situations with different technological innovation and conjectural variation. When the output adjusted coefficient changes, a series of complex phenomena including bifurcation, chaos and strange attractor can be observed in our model. And when the technological content is larger, the chaos of the system finally appears.

Computational model of enterprise cooperative technology innovation risk based on nerve network

Collaborative innovation has become the principal innovation method because of the puniness of the innovation strength of the enterprises. Due to the objective reality nature of the risk of enterprise collaborative technology innovation, it is necessary to take measures to prevent and indemnify the loss which the risk may bring. Because there is the complex nonlinear function mechanism between risk factors, the cooperative mode and control mechanism of enterprise collaborative innovation can be studied by nonlinear method. First, this paper analyzed the seeking method of enterprise collaborative innovation risk, and then the concept of controlling risk regulation gradient of the cooperating technological innovation under network environment was explained. And a complete controlling risk model of the cooperating technological innovation has been put forward, which is based on the wavelet and nerve network. Finally, the discussion about the conclusion of the research was given.

On Synergy of Management Innovation and Technological Innovation of Enterprise, University and Research

The cooperative technological innovation of enterprise, university and research has received more and more social attention, but in the process of cooperation, it may also cause many problems that cannot reach the final goal of cooperative technology innovation. The reason is that we always neglect the cooperation with the management innovation in the process of technology innovation. Based on the Synergy Theory, this paper analyzes the cause of cooperation of enterprise, university and research, from the economic and management aspects. What is more, the paper researches and analyzes the synergy mechanism of the technology innovation and management innovation, and explains the management innovation is the important guarantee and realizing way of technological innovation.

Cooperative Strategy, Technology Innovation and Competition Policy in the United States and the European Union

The widespread adoption of joint ventures in the 1980s and strategic alliances in the 1990s by a spectrum of businesses across industries has resulted in cooperative strategy emerging as the corporate and business strategy of the global economy. Of further significance, however, is the relaxation by antitrust authorities in the USA and the EU of policies forbidding or restricting horizontal or competitor collaborations. Beginning in the 1980s, legislation, regulations and guidelines have established a business environment conducive to competitor collaborations. This evolution in competition policy is justified by the need for accelerating technology-based innovations at the firm level, thus improving competitiveness at the national level. The US government and the European Commission have provided firms with "safe harbors' to develop strategic technology alliances with competitors, albeit with notable differences in specific market share thresholds and emphases on qualitative versus quantitative perspectives in their respective competition policy frameworks.