Organizational characteristics and cooperation: A case study of Dutch cooperative projects on Hydrogen Innovation
Summary
For this paper research was done on the organizational characteristics that influence participation in Dutch hydrogen innovation cooperative projects. Organization size was identified as influential on organizational participation in cooperative projects with larger organizations being active in significantly more projects then smaller ones. The influence of technological capital was partially supported by the results. From the four separate hypotheses combined explaining the influence of R&D capability on cooperation, two were supported, one was rejected and one partially rejected. The results also provided evidence for the positive effect of complementarities in products and/or services on the participation in initiated cooperative projects. Lastly, results supported the negative effect of market overlap on the participation in initiated cooperative projects. Two theories were used as scientific basis for the hypotheses, the resource-based view and cognitive distance theory. Both proved to be adequate in their explanation for empirically observed patterns of initiation of cooperative project and organization participation.