Faculty of Entrepreneurship, University of Tehran Journal of Entrepreneurship Development 2008-2266 11 1 2018 05 22 The new nanotechnology firms’ roles during collaborative new product development with incumbents The new nanotechnology firms’ roles during collaborative new product development with incumbents 41 60 67264 10.22059/jed.2018.252065.652489 FA Mohammad Ali Bahreini Zarj Faculty of entrepreneurship, Tehran University Ali Mobini Dehkordi Faculty of Entrepreneurship Mohammad Reza Meigounpoory faculty of entrpreneurship Journal Article 2018 01 16 New firms face with diverse challenges such as lack of resources. Business relationships are a special approach to reach other organizations’ resources and capabilities. Yet very little research has explained how new nanotechnology firms’ roles change during joint new product development process. This paper is applied and qualitative research based on longitudinal multi-case study of five collaborations between the new nanotechnology firms and incumbents from 1388 to 1395. The contribution of this research is available in two parts. First, the roles of the new nanotechnology firms change during collaboration from a “technology recommend-er” at the start to “technology developer” and then “incumbent’s value chain supplier” in mass production. Second, the result shows the evaluation of new nanotechnology firms’ role. This study provides a worthy illustration of these collaborations for researchers, businesses, and policy makers. New firms face with diverse challenges such as lack of resources. Business relationships are a special approach to reach other organizations’ resources and capabilities. Yet very little research has explained how new nanotechnology firms’ roles change during joint new product development process. This paper is applied and qualitative research based on longitudinal multi-case study of five collaborations between the new nanotechnology firms and incumbents from 1388 to 1395. The contribution of this research is available in two parts. First, the roles of the new nanotechnology firms change during collaboration from a “technology recommend-er” at the start to “technology developer” and then “incumbent’s value chain supplier” in mass production. Second, the result shows the evaluation of new nanotechnology firms’ role. This study provides a worthy illustration of these collaborations for researchers, businesses, and policy makers. https://jed.ut.ac.ir/article_67264_39f50fbd8299e9a593940857c33ad20b.pdf