Vertical and horizontal technology transfer and firm innovativeness

• Authors: Karina Sachpazidu-Wójcicka

Title variants

PL

Poziomy i pionowy transfer technologii a innowacyjność przedsiębiorstw

Abstracts

PL

Głównym celem autorki jest określenie zależności między pionowym i poziomym transferem technologii a innowacyjnością wybranych w ramach badania przedsiębiorstw. Szczegółowe cele artykułu dotyczą określenia, które z wymiarów pionowego i poziomego transferu technologii wpływają pozytywnie na innowacyjność firm, a które spośród kanałów transferu technologii są najistotniejsze dla innowacyjności w badanych przedsiębiorstwach. Badanie oparte zostało na próbie (n = 100) przedsiębiorstw zlokalizowanych na terenie Polski. Dane empiryczne zebrane zostały podczas 100 wywiadów przeprowadzonych z wybranymi losowo menedżerami przedsiębiorstw. W pierwszej części artykułu ustanowione zostały ramy, a następnie hipotezy badawcze, aby w dalszej części określić narzędzia badawcze, strukturę próby badawczej i metody statystyczne. W ramach badania zastosowane zostało modelowanie miękkie, które umożliwia pomiar oraz analizę związków między zmiennymi nieobserwowalnymi (zmiennymi ukrytymi) – pionowym transferem technologii, poziomym transferem technologii i innowacyjnością. Przeprowadzona analiza wskazała na silny związek zarówno między pionowym, jak i poziomym transferem technologii a innowacyjnością w badanej próbie przedsiębiorstw. Istnieje silny bezpośredni wpływ wybranych kanałów transferu technologii – różnych kanałów w przypadku pionowego i poziomego transferu technologii w zależności od podmiotu (przedsiębiorstwo czy jednostka naukowa), z jakiego technologia jest transferowana na innowacyjność badanych firm. Uzyskane wyniki sugerują, że pomiar pionowego i poziomego transferu technologii, jak również specyfika poszczególnych kanałów powinny być dalej zgłębiane, jako że stanowią one ważny element w uzyskiwaniu wyższego poziomu innowacyjności przed firmy, co również przekłada się na ich konkurencyjność.

EN

The paper discusses the relationship between vertical and horizontal technology transfer and firms innovativeness. The main aim of the survey is to determine the relationship between vertical and horizontal technology transfer and innovativeness in surveyed enterprises, what has been investigated empirically. The specific objectives of the article relate to examining which specific dimensions of vertical and horizontal technology transfer influence firms innovativeness positively and which are the most important channels of vertical and horizontal technology transfer in firms innovativeness. The study is based on a survey on firms (n = 100) located in Poland. Data was collected during 100 interviews with managers of randomly selected companies. The article first establishes the research framework, then deduces the research hypotheses and finally describes the analysis tools, sample structure and statistical methods. The study uses a soft modelling method which allows for measuring and analysis of the relationships among unobserved variables (latent variables) – vertical technology transfer, horizontal technology transfer and innovativeness. The surveys have determined positive relationship between both vertical and horizontal technology transfer and innovativeness of the research sample. A strong direct effect on the innovativeness of the firms surveyed has different channels in the case of horizontal and vertical technology transfer, considering the importance of the entity (firm or scientific unit) the technology is transferred from. These findings suggest that measurement of both vertical and horizontal technology transfer and their channels should be developed further as they are important factors for firms innovativeness and competitiveness.

Keywords

EN

innovativeness; vertical technology transfer; horizontal technology transfer

PL

innowacyjność; poziomy transfer technologii; pionowy transfer technologii

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski. Wydawnictwo Naukowe Wydziału Zarządzania
• Journal: Studia i Materiały
• Year: 2018
• Issue: 2(28), cz. 1
• Pages: 140-153

Dates

published

2018

Contributors

author

Karina Sachpazidu-Wójcicka

• University of Bialystok, Faculty of Economics and Management

• https://orcid.org/000000032654499X

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Identifiers

DOI

10.7172/1733-9758.2018.28.12

Biblioteka Nauki

2188982