Technological development at the boundaries of the firm: a knowledge‐based examination in drug development

Jeffrey Thomas Macher · Christopher S. Boerner

108 citations0/0 files storedStrategic Management Journal

No readable copy stored yet — this record is metadata only.

No open-access location is known for this record yet.

Literature note Cite in a project Citation map

Innovation and Knowledge Management Intellectual Property and Patents Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management

Abstract

Abstract This paper examines how the knowledge‐based view (KBV) can be applied to firm boundary decisions and the performance implications of those decisions. At the center of the paper is a theoretical and empirical examination of how firms most efficiently organize for technological development. We find that distinct organization approaches are advantaged in the speed of technological development depending on the structure of technological development problems and the depth of firms' technological area experience. We make theoretical and empirical contributions to KBV research that examines knowledge development and transfer. Drug development in the pharmaceutical industry serves as our empirical setting. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Paper brief

Loading…

Cite this work

Citation unavailable for this work.

BibTeX RIS CSL-JSON

No public copy is stored for this record, so only the metadata is cited.

Citations in this library

Citation map →

Stored only when both papers are in the corpus — 108 citations exist upstream.

References

1990Absorptive Capacity: A New Perspective on Learning and Innovation 1983An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Change.1996Toward a knowledge‐based theory of the firm 1987The Economic Institutions of Capitalism 1992Knowledge of the Firm, Combinative Capabilities, and the Replication of Technology 1991Comparative Economic Organization: The Analysis of Discrete Structural Alternatives 1992Core capabilities and core rigidities: A paradox in managing new product development 1982An evolutionary theory of economic change

Cited by

2014The Effects of Knowledge Depth and Scope on the Relationship between R & D Alliances and New Product Development 2014The relationship between product and international diversification: The role of experience 2011Organizational Structure and the Limits of Knowledge Sharing: Incentive Conflict and Agency in Car Leasing 2021Overcoming the Early‐stage Conundrum of Digital Platform Ecosystem Emergence: A Problem‐Solving Perspective 2016The Role of Industry Studies and Public Policies in Production and Operations Management

Explore the map →

Papers that cite the same references — the relational fallback while embeddings are still backfilling.

Imported from OpenAlex (CC0) — nothing here is generated.