Identifying innovation opportunities – using the internet to match universities with SMEs
Authors
Philpott, EllyAffiliation
University of BedfordshireIssue Date
2008Subjects
N211 Strategic ManagementX342 Academic studies in Higher Education
knowledge management
knowledge creation
knowledge transfer
universities
SMEs
small and medium-sized enterprises
innovation opportunities
innovation benchmarking
company profiling
online tools
access
internet
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This paper describes work conducted for i10 – a collaboration of 10 universities in the East of England. It describes the development of a proactive process to facilitate knowledge creation between universities and Small to Medium size Enterprises (SMEs) and the internet-based tool used for doing this. Knowledge created is measured using subsequent knowledge transfer activities and the knowledge creation process is analysed in the context of Nonaka's Socialisation-Externalisation-Combination-Internalisation (SECI) model. The outcomes are of value to other universities tasked with helping SMEs to innovate and those interested in the development and usefulness of online tools for facilitating knowledge creation and knowledge transfer. It is also of interest to any institution developing tools for SME-university interfaces, identifying innovation opportunities, innovation benchmarking and company profiling.Citation
Philpott, E. “Identifying innovation opportunities – using the internet to match universities with SMEs”, (2008) International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies (IJKMS), special issue on “Using Technology for innovation and Knowledge Sharing in SMEs: Socio Technical Approaches”. 2(3), 285-303Publisher
InderscienceAdditional Links
http://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticle.php?artid=18793Type
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enae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1504/IJKMS.2008.018793