Exploring the Nanotechnology Alliances of Nanotechnology Firms
The Roles of Network Position and Technological Uncertainty
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19450151 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chun-Hsien Wang (National Chiayi University), Chun‐Hsien Wang (0000-0003-1480-2701, National Chiayi University, corresponding author), Pei-Yu Chien (0000-0002-0139-1117, National Sun Yat-sen University) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 139-164 |
| Publication date | 2013-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Science Technology and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0971-7218 • E-ISSN: 0973-0796 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0971721813489430 |
| OpenAlex | W2312782345 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 69 |
Nanotechnology is now increasing attention to inter-firm collaboration and alliances for developing nanotechnology commercialisation opportunities. This study explores and examines nanotechnology alliance networking behaviour to determine fully what types of factors drive nanotechnology alliance activities. The proposed research frameworks attempt to fill the gap in knowledge regarding emerging nanotechnology alliance behaviour and to explore the alliance decisions driving inter-firm nanotechnology alliances that are grounded in deeper knowledge of nanotechnology alliances. The primary focus of nanotechnology alliance activity for nanotechnology-based firms confirms that nanotechnology alliances are influenced directly by inter-firm R&D ties and by joint interactions among inter-firm R&D ties, network positions and technological uncertainty. Specifically, we propose that a nanotechnology-based firm is highly likely to engage in alliances regarding decision-making activity. Using an original dataset of nanotechnology-based firms in the emerging nanotechnology alliance activity, we found that the joint effect of a position of high network centrality and a high level of technological uncertainty weakens inter-firm nanotechnology alliances
Alliance · Business · Centrality · Impact of nanotechnology · Industrial organization · Knowledge management · Nanotechnology · Political science · Societal impact of nanotechnology · Computer Science · Innovation and Knowledge Management · Intellectual Capital and Performance Analysis · Materials Science · University-Industry-Government Innovation Models
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Research partnerships
Agency costs and innovation
Learning from Collaboration
Understanding the rationale of strategic technology partnering
Market Orientation
Recombinant Uncertainty in Technological Search
Diversity and network coherence as indicators of interdisciplinarity
Social Capital, Intellectual Capital, and the Organizational Advantage
Social Structure and Alliance Formation Patterns
Social Capital
The Sources and Consequences of Embeddedness for the Economic Performance of Organizations
Centrality in social networks conceptual clarification
Ego network betweenness
Sustainable governance of emerging technologies—Critical constellations in the agent network of nanotechnology
Social Network Analysis
Network Dynamics and Field Evolution
Social Contagion and Innovation
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.11 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |