tailieunhanh - Do technology transfer, R&D collaboration and co-operation matter for R&D along the supply chain? Evidence from Vietnamese young SMEs

In addition, R&D collaboration and cooperation are complementary in enhancing the innovation output. | Do technology transfer R D collaboration and co-operation matter for R D along the supply chain Evidence from Vietnamese young SMEs Uncertain Supply Chain Management 8 2020 Contents lists available at GrowingScience Uncertain Supply Chain Management homepage uscm Do technology transfer R amp D collaboration and co-operation matter for R amp D along the supply chain Evidence from Vietnamese young SMEs Quang-Thanh Ngoa b Anh-Tuan Nguyena b Ngoc-Phuc Doanc and Tien-Dung Nguyena b a University of Economics and Law UEL Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam b Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City VNU-HCM Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam c University of Finance-Marketing Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam CHRONICLE ABSTRACT Article history Technology transfer collaboration and co-operation in the R amp D innovation increase their Received January 29 2020 importance when firms integrate into the world economy especially along the global supply Received in revised format March chain. By using a specially designed sample of 3 253 Vietnamese young small and medium- 2 2020 sized enterprises in 2010-2013 the article examines the impact of technology transfer and Accepted March 11 2020 Available online R amp D collaboration and co-operation on a firm s R amp D innovation input and innovation output March 14 2020 along the supply chain. The estimation results indicate that technology transfer collaboration Keywords and co-operation are complementary during the innovation process initiating the application Technology Transfer of innovation both in terms of input and output. In addition R amp D collaboration and co- Collaboration operation are complementary in enhancing the innovation output. Co-operation R amp D Innovation Behavior Supply chain 2020 by the authors license Growing Science Canada. 1. Introduction Integration into global markets is affecting the way that firms organize their activities related to R amp D innovation supply chain those are heavily based on increasing