Factors related to r&d performance and technical collaboration in high technology projects

Authors

  • Hani Sarkis University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship Associate Researcher. Research chair in Management of Aeronautical Projects Associate member Research institute on SMEs (INRPME) Canada

Keywords:

High-tech projects, acquisition, alliance, collaboration, R&D

Abstract

This paper, a work in progress, explores the factors related to technical collaboration in research and development (R&D) among firms in the information technology projects. Technical collaboration includes informal collaboration, strategic alliances and acquisitions. The factors are divided into three main categories: Causes or motivations for establishing such technical collaboration; consequences or impact of the technical collaboration on the innovation rate, R&D intensity and the firm performance; and finally critical success factors for achieving a positive outcome from establishing such technical collaboration among firms within the information technology industry. The overview from the literature results in a total of 74 factors, classified into the three categories. Furthermore, the paper shows that in the literature of strategic management, the impact of the technical collaboration on the performance is contradictory and incomplete. A more holistic approach is proposed.

Author Biography

  • Hani Sarkis, University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship Associate Researcher. Research chair in Management of Aeronautical Projects Associate member Research institute on SMEs (INRPME) Canada

    Dr. Hani Sarkis is professor of strategy and entrepreneurship, associate researcher in the chair of aeronautical project management and associate member of the research institute on small and medium enterprises (INRPME) at the University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières. He is currently the editor of the strategy division as well as the entrepreneurship and family business division of the administrative sciences association of Canada (ASAC). Previously, he was the chair of the strategy division and the vice president of communication and marketing for ASAC. Before his academic career, Dr. Sarkis had more than 22 years of experience in the information technology and telecommunications industries, where he held several executive international positions with Nortel Networks, Verizon communications, Codetel, Triangle, Bay Networks, IBM, NCR and AT&T, as well as the founding and managing of a consulting business and a start-up venture. Speaking five languages, he worked in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Dominican Republic, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and North Africa, and Greece. Professor Sarkis holds a Ph.D. in management from the joint Ph.D. program in Montreal, Canada (McGill, HEC Montreal, Concordia and UQAM), an MBA from the University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada, a Master of Science in engineering of telecommunications and networks from the University of Salford-Manchester, United Kingdom, a Certificate of advanced marketing from the Central American institute for business administration (INCAE), Costa Rica, and a Bachelor of Science in electronics and electrical engineering from the University of Helwan, Egypt with technical training in Siemens, Germany.

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2022-05-20

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Vol. 2 No. 1 (2014): The Journal of Modern Project Management

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Factors related to r&d performance and technical collaboration in high technology projects. (2022). The Journal of Modern Project Management, 2(1). https://journalmodernpm.com/manuscript/index.php/jmpm/article/view/145

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