A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä
From new-product development to commercialization through networks
Tekijät: Aarikka-Stenroos L, Sandberg B
Kustantaja: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
Julkaisuvuosi: 2012
Journal: Journal of Business Research
Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimi: JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH
Lehden akronyymi: J BUS RES
Vuosikerta: 65
Numero: 2
Aloitussivu: 198
Lopetussivu: 206
Sivujen määrä: 9
ISSN: 0148-2963
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2011.05.023
Tiivistelmä
The research on research and development (R&D) networks is plentiful but network relations in commercialization of innovations attract surprisingly little attention. This study analyzes how firms combine resources and utilize their relations in order to ensure the success of their innovations. The theoretical basis combines literature on innovation, industrial networks, and innovation networks. The study includes two cases on commercialization networks. The results indicate that an innovating firm needs resources to engage in customer education, distribution, marketing communication, relationship mediation, and credibility building when moving from R&D tasks to commercialization tasks. To acquire these resources, the firm needs to experience changes in network relations. Accordingly, the innovating firm needs particular commercialization competence in terms of accessing, mobilizing, and organizing relational resources. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
The research on research and development (R&D) networks is plentiful but network relations in commercialization of innovations attract surprisingly little attention. This study analyzes how firms combine resources and utilize their relations in order to ensure the success of their innovations. The theoretical basis combines literature on innovation, industrial networks, and innovation networks. The study includes two cases on commercialization networks. The results indicate that an innovating firm needs resources to engage in customer education, distribution, marketing communication, relationship mediation, and credibility building when moving from R&D tasks to commercialization tasks. To acquire these resources, the firm needs to experience changes in network relations. Accordingly, the innovating firm needs particular commercialization competence in terms of accessing, mobilizing, and organizing relational resources. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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