Knowledge based development of innovative companies within the framework of innovation networks

摘要

The purpose of this paper is to study ties between knowledge based cooperation andrninnovative development of companies within the framework of external innovationrnnetworks, at home and abroad. The paper also presents the network model of therninnovative company knowledge management (KM) in a innovation process andrndescribes synergy effects of knowledge based cooperation (i.e. interorganizationalrnKM and knowledge based relationships and learning) of the innovative companyrnwithin innovation networks. The aim of a questionnaire, which was collected fromrn64 innovative companies, was to determine the effectiveness of interorganizationalrnknowledge based coopetition (cooperation and/or competition) of companies withinrnthe innovation networks and influence of them on innovative development of companies.rnThe key research questions the survey addressed were: How many and whichrntypes of outside collaborators did innovative firms cooperate within innovation networks,rnat home and/or abroad? What internal and external (domestic and foreign)rnsources of knowledge did the innovative companies use for innovations? How didrninnovative companies assess effectiveness of their knowledge based cooperation withrnrespectively domestic or foreign collaborators, of various types, within innovationrnnetworks? Finally, the paper estimates the results of using chi-square test for independencernresearch of knowledge based cooperation efficiency (which is connectedrnwith development) of innovative companies on their adequately home or foreignrncollaborators within innovation networks.