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Title:
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ARE COMPANIES CARRYING OUT R&D ALONE? EXPLORING ORGANISED BUSINESS INVESTMENT IN INDIVIDUAL R&D |
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Author(s):
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Kenzo Klein and Jorge Antunes |
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ISBN:
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978-989-8704-73-3 |
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Editors:
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Adriana Backx Noronha Viana and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2025 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Organizational Innovation, Innovation Culture, Entrepreneurship in SMEs |
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Type:
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Regular Paper |
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First Page:
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20 |
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Last Page:
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24 |
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Language:
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English |
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Paper Abstract:
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European innovation data show a small proportion of innovative companies cooperating with other companies or organizations in R&D activities, in Portugal. Suppliers of equipment, materials, components or software and consultants, commercial laboratories or private research institutes remained the preferred partners for cooperation in innovation activities. If only a small proportion of the innovative Portuguese companies cooperate in R&D activities, on the opposite side of the continuum, companies carrying out intramural R&D without any formal collaboration with other companies or organizations in R&D activities is expected. Are these companies performing intramural R&D investment and operations by themselves? Are they newly businesses? And in terms of size? Regarding economic activity, to which sectors do they belong: low-technology and market low-intensive industries and services or more advanced sectors? And if so, how they compare with the "innovative cooperating companies" in R&D? The study addresses a relatively underexplored phenomenon: companies performing "organised" R&D alone. Intersects entrepreneurship, innovation management, and policy analysis with a unique subset of firms ("mono-beneficiaries") which has not been widely documented. This work fills a gap in innovation literature, especially regarding SMEs. Our main findings bring managerial implications for both private and public sectors. As it demonstrates well succeeded innovation strategies of individual "organised R&D" performers, provide a model for regions or countries aimed at improving their innovation ecosystem, that informs innovation policy with potential refinements. |
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