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Collaboration without risk: How the most innovative SMEs protect critical knowledge in joint innovation activities with partners

©2014 Textbook 101 Pages

Summary

For small firms, knowledge leakage, loss and theft are counted among the greatest risks in inter-firm collaborations. SMEs are more vulnerable, because they suffer from a number of structural disadvantages when collaborating with larger companies, and yet, they need to collaborate with external partners to overcome their lack of resources.Therefore, this study investigates how SMEs can most effectively protect critical knowledge in collaborations with external partners, for that they can prevent knowledge loss, leakage and theft, while maximizing the performance of the collaboration.This book derives valuable insights for practice and theory through a comprehensive review of existing literature and a collection and analysis of experiences from Germany’s most innovative and successful SMEs.

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Table Of Contents


VIII
List of Tables and Figures
Tables
Exhibits

IX
List of Names and Abbreviations
Names
Abbreviations

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Introduction and Research Question
1.1.
Background
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1.2.
Research question
How do SMEs most effectively protect critical knowledge in joint in-
novation activities with external partners?

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1.3.
Outline of this document

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Theory
1.4.
Means of protecting critical knowledge

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Exhibit 1: Overview of available protection mechanisms
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Source: compiled by the author

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1.4.1.
Long term (strategic) means of protection
Secrecy
Lead time

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Complementary Assets
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Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks

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Human resource management
Rules and Sanctions
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Compensation Design
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Trust and social control
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1.4.2.
Medium term (tactical) means of protection
Systematic partner selection
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Good timing of partner integration

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Contracts and Non-disclosure agreements
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Lock-In
1.4.3.
Short term (operational) means of protection
Control and manipulation of information flow

25
Clear task partitioning

26
Rotating personnel
Technical means
1.4.4.
Overarching factors
Trust
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Tacit Knowledge

Details

Pages
Type of Edition
Erstausgabe
Publication Year
2014
ISBN (eBook)
9783954897063
ISBN (Softcover)
9783954892068
File size
3.8 MB
Language
English
Publication date
2014 (January)
Keywords
Knowledge theft Knowledge protection Collaboration SMEs Innovation
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