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Contingencies of Innovative Networks: A Case Study of Successful Interfirm R & D Collaboration

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Häusler,  Jürgen
Projektbereiche vor 1997, MPI for the Study of Societies, Max Planck Society;

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Hohn,  Hans-Willy
Wissenschaft, Technik und Innovationssysteme, MPI for the Study of Societies, Max Planck Society;

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Lütz,  Susanne
Problemlösungsfähigkeit der Mehrebenenpolitik in Europa, MPI for the Study of Societies, Max Planck Society;

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Häusler, J., Hohn, H.-W., & Lütz, S. (1994). Contingencies of Innovative Networks: A Case Study of Successful Interfirm R & D Collaboration. Research Policy, 23(1), 47-66. doi:10.1016/0048-7333(94)90026-4.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000D-B38F-8
Abstract
Trust among partners is an essential prerequisite in interfirm R & D collaboration. The paper deals with this question analysing the preconditions under which the establishment of trust among companies becomes possible. The case study of a very successful cooperative research project reveals trustbuilding as a modular, cascade-like process. Initially a wider scientific-technical network was established including all industrial and scientific actors who could be potentially interested in solving the technological problem at hand. The process ended with a smaller group of researchers from a few companies and scientific institutes cooperating in a government-sponsored R & D project. At each stage of this highly contingent process the intervention of public officials helped rendering cooperation successful.