Business Creation in Networks. How a technology based start-up can use R&D collaboration with customers

Authors: Frida Lind; Jens Laage-Hellman; Maria Landqvist

This paper focuses on the role of research and development (R&D) collaboration between technology-based start-ups and customers. It takes its empirical starting point in one illustrative case study and additionally draws on other similar cases. Our focal case deals with Oxeon, a rapidly growing university spin-off. The purpose is to take this case as a point of departure for describing and analyzing how technology-based start-ups can use R&D collaboration with customers as a means for developing the product, introducing it into the market, and building a successful business. The paper identifies and discusses a number of central issues which form the base for formulating propositions for further research.

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Publish Year: 2016

Conference: Poznan, Poland (2016)