Abstract
In a recent study of industrial research laboratories, it was found that they need to meet four necessary conditions to be successful (Brockhoff, 1997). Adopting a resource-based view, it is suggested that the conditions result from building four potentials, namely:
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a potential to identify possibly relevant technological knowledge outside of the company in question,
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a second potential to absorb whatever knowledge has been identified as relevant and to make use of it,
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a third potential to develop creatively new ideas on the basis of the available knowledge (which is a primary source of unique competitive advantages), and
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finally an internal transfer potential. The last potential allows the new knowledge to become known and accessible to departments further down in the value chain.
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Brockhoff, K. (1998). Task assignments to foreign R&D laboratories. In: Internationalization of Research and Development. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58959-1_5
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