This paper examines how a radical technological innovation affects alliance formation of firms and subsequent network structures. We use longitudinal data of interfirm R&D collaborations in the biopharmaceutical industry in which a new technological regime is established. Our findings suggest...

To innovate, firms constitute a 'knowledge-capital', defined as a set of information and knowledge produced, acquired and used in the value creation process. In this paper, we focus on small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) and study their ability to develop their own knowledge-capital as well...

Das deutsche Forschungssystem ist stark segmentiert, und es gibt Hinweise darauf, dass die Kooperation zwischen den verschiedenen Institutionen verbesserungsbedürftig ist. Insbesondere der Vernetzung von Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft stehen sehr oft Barrieren entgegen. Als bedeutende Hemmnisse...

This paper examines how a radical technological innovation affects alliance formation of firms and subsequent network structures. We use longitudinal data of interfirm R&D collaborations in the biopharmaceutical industry in which a new technological regime is established. Our findings suggest...

We apply network analysis to study the ICT R&D locations at the city level. We use a dataset on the location and R&D activity of over 3000 R&D centres belonging to 175 MNEs, located in over 1300 cities around the world. The results show that most of the cities have few R&D connections and are...

Large-scale strategic change projects in companies may be supported by using alliance networks. This paper shows that IBM’s change from an exploitation strategy towards an exploration strategy required a radically different network strategy as well. By entering into more non-equity alliances,...

One of the pioneers in academic entrepreneurship and high-tech clustering is MIT and the Route 128/Boston region. Silicon Valley centered around Stanford University was originally a fast follower and only later emerged as a scientific and industrial hotspot. Several technology and innovation...

Although the literature converges regarding the reasons why and how networks of technology alliances are formed, there is still lack of agreement on what constitutes an optimal network structure, once it has been formed. The aim of this paper is to fill this void and to determine what...

Using innovation survey data on a sample of UK manufacturing firms, Laursen and Salter 2006 documented a non-monotonous relationship between external search strategies and firm-level innovative performance. We find partially similar results in a combined sample of Nigerian manufacturing and...

Das deutsche Forschungssystem ist stark segmentiert, und es gibt Hinweise darauf, dass die Kooperation zwischen den verschiedenen Institutionen verbesserungsbedürftig ist. Insbesondere der Vernetzung von Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft stehen sehr oft Barrieren entgegen. Als bedeutende Hemmnisse...