Article: Understanding collaboration and R&D performance challenges in developing countries: the case of Thailand Journal: International Journal of Technology and Globalisation (IJTG) 2024 Vol.9 No.1 pp.19 - 49 Abstract: Within the last decade, Thailand has emerged as an innovation achiever, partly due to its aggressive interest in developing its national innovation system by increasing its research and development (R&D) investment. However, evaluation of the productivity of such policies has been found to be unfit for the conditions of this emerging ecosystem. This study proposes a systematic method to examine which collaboration factors affect Thai firms' R&D productivity and how these reflect on industry sectors' dynamics. The model is tested empirically through a dataset of 44 industry sectors collected directly from the National Innovation Status Survey from 2011 to 2016. The results explore the number of inventions, patent applications and granted patents as factors that influence collaboration between firms within the university and the public sector. The tailored analytical model may be useful in future efforts to assess R&D collaboration amongst industry and government sector stakeholders in other developing countries. Inderscience Publishers - linking academia, business and industry through research

Title: Understanding collaboration and R&D performance challenges in developing countries: the case of Thailand

Authors: Wantana Areeprayolkij; Suk Kyoung Kim; Ileana Palaco; Duk Hee Lee

Addresses: Department of Knowledge and Innovation Management, College of Arts, Media and Technology, Chiang Mai University, 239 Huay Kaew Rd., T. Suthep, A. Muang, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand ' School of Business and Technology Management, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, South Korea ' Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica ' School of Business and Technology Management, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, South Korea

Abstract: Within the last decade, Thailand has emerged as an innovation achiever, partly due to its aggressive interest in developing its national innovation system by increasing its research and development (R&D) investment. However, evaluation of the productivity of such policies has been found to be unfit for the conditions of this emerging ecosystem. This study proposes a systematic method to examine which collaboration factors affect Thai firms' R&D productivity and how these reflect on industry sectors' dynamics. The model is tested empirically through a dataset of 44 industry sectors collected directly from the National Innovation Status Survey from 2011 to 2016. The results explore the number of inventions, patent applications and granted patents as factors that influence collaboration between firms within the university and the public sector. The tailored analytical model may be useful in future efforts to assess R&D collaboration amongst industry and government sector stakeholders in other developing countries.

Keywords: R&D performance; collaboration; patent; research output; Thailand; developing countries; national innovation system.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTG.2024.142620

International Journal of Technology and Globalisation, 2024 Vol.9 No.1, pp.19 - 49

Accepted: 03 May 2023
Published online: 12 Nov 2024 *

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