Learning and innovation @ a distance : an empirical investigation into the benefits and liabilities of different forms of distance on interactive learning and novelty creation in german biotechnology SMEs / monograph

Firms of all sizes increasingly face the need to participate in global innovation cooperation. Yet, the global dimension adds another layer of complexity to open innovation processes. Juliane Hartig develops a framework for different forms of distance and discusses their impact and partial interplay for interactive learning and innovation. Her empirical study draws on a sample of international cooperation projects by small and medium-sized firms from the German biotechnology sector Combining quantitative and qualitative research, she provides new insights and offers practitioners tools for the creation of proximity in order to derive the most from global cooperation. Front Matter....Pages i-xviii Introduction....Pages 1-21 Theoretic Perspectives on Inter-Organisational Co-operation....Pages 23-49 Learning and Novelty Generation in Inter-Organisational Co-operation....Pages 51-60 Distant Relationships for Learning and Novelty Generation....Pages 61-135 Hypotheses....Pages 137-143 Research Setting: Biotechnology Firms in Germany....Pages 145-159 Methodology: A Retroductive Approach....Pages 161-175 Empirical Insights: Effects of Distance....Pages 177-281 Case Studies: Organising Proximity....Pages 283-331 Research and Practical Implications....Pages 333-342 Discussion....Pages 343-347 Back Matter....Pages 349-410 Juliane Hartig develops a framework of different forms of distance and discusses their impact and interplay for interactive learning and innovation. Her empirical study draws on a sample of international cooperation projects from German biotechnology SMEs. Combining quantitative and qualitative research, she comes to new insights, and offers practitioners tools on how to create proximity in order to derive the most from global cooperation.