Co-innovation Competence: A Strategic Approach To Entrepreneurship In Regional Innovation Structures (entrepreneurial Management Und Standortentwicklung)

This work contributes to entrepreneurship research and offers practical implications for entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship promotors by critically analyzing a networked approach to value creation processes of young knowledge-intensive entrepreneurial firms and assessing precise strategies and tactics for entrepreneurial firms to exploit these structures. In this context the concept of co-innovation competence is introduced and empirically analyzed. Results indicate that entrepreneurs follow a specific approach towards networking minimizing transaction costs taking an on-demand-based perspective of networking. In this case entrepreneurs may relate to regional innovation promotors and also reach beyond regional structures to explore suitable partners and exploit structural holes. "Benedict C. Doepfer critically analyzes a networked approach to value creation processes of young knowledge-intensive entrepreneurial firms and assesses precise strategies and tactics in a regional context. He introduces the concept of co-innovation competence which he also examines empirically. The research results indicate that entrepreneurs follow a specific approach towards networking: They minimize transaction costs by applying an on-demand-based perspective of networking. In this case entrepreneurs relate to regional innovation promoters as knowledge and relational brokers and also reach beyond regional networks to exploit structural holes. Inhalt: Open-Innovation Regional Innovation Systems Entrepreneurial Networks Social Capital Promoters Zielgruppen: Researchers and students in the economic sciences with a focus on innovation and technology management, and economic geography; entrepreneurs. Der Autor: Benedict C. Doepfer holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration and is a research affiliate to the Center for Entrepreneurship of the Catholic University Eichstaett-Ingolstadt. " -- Library of Congress Benedict C. Doepfer critically analyzes a networked approach to value creation processes of young knowledge-intensive entrepreneurial firms and assesses precise strategies and tactics in a regional context. He introduces the concept of co-innovation competence which he also examines empirically. The research results indicate that entrepreneurs follow a specific approach towards networking: They minimize transaction costs by applying an on-demand-based perspective of networking. In this case entrepreneurs relate to regional innovation promoters as knowledge and relational brokers and also reach beyond regional networks to exploit structural holes. Inhalt: Open-Innovation Regional Innovation Systems Entrepreneurial Networks Social Capital Promoters Zielgruppen: Researchers and students in the economic sciences with a focus on innovation and technology management, and economic geography; entrepreneurs. Der Autor: Benedict C. Doepfer holds a Ph. D. in Business Administration and is a research affiliate to the Center for Entrepreneurship of the Catholic University Eichstaett-Ingolstadt Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Introduction....Pages 1-10 State of the Discussion....Pages 11-71 Theoretical Basis....Pages 73-111 Conceptual Framework and Dimensions of Analysis....Pages 113-154 Methodology and Operationalization of Empirical Analysis....Pages 155-181 Empirical Study Results....Pages 183-222 Implications and Discussion....Pages 223-234 Back Matter....Pages 9-9