英文摘要 |
The R&D alliance approach is the key strategy for government policy to promote industry innovation not only at the national level but also locally. However, due to some known conflicts, needed factors, and specific climate that cause unexpected complexity in the process of R&D alliance, the failure rate of alliance strategy remains high. This study assumes that if the governmental sector is capable of playing a supporting role and does timely intermediation in the practice of technology alliance it is likely that there can be new public service innovation for industry development. Particularly, we focus on observing how the local government can perform new and needed services to encourage and support local firms to successfully initiate alliances and enhance their mutual trust to extend their collaborative activities. We use a case study, the Southern Taiwan Textile Research Alliance (STTRA), and we examine its alliance process and performance. Based on our research model, the study finds that the active initiation and strategic intermediation from local government can be one kind of valuable and expected public service innovation, even though this activity is not well understood yet. Our study also illustrates that the local government not only might be able to provide relevant resources with needed actions through active participation but also could become a critical success factor to enhance industry innovation in practicing R&D alliances. Such a new role and a new scope of public service innovation for industry development is worth studying to explore and evaluate its value and effects. |