Abstract
A focus of current research in strategic management has been on formal strategic alliances and their role in inter-firm learning. We suggest that collaborations across firm boundaries at the individual level can also positively enhance a firm's knowledge base and hence innovativeness. Our paper focuses on the role of inter-firm collaborations by biotechnology researchers (as evidenced by co-authorship of papers) and their impact on the patented innovative output of firms. We find that after controlling for other factors that effect innovative output, the total number of individual collaborations (aggregated at the firm level) positively impacts the patenting output of stand-alone biotechnology firms. We also find that the impact of these informal collaborations on firm innovativeness decreases with age and size of the firm.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - 6 Dec 2007 |
| Event | 5th International Conference of the Iberoamerican Academy of Management - Duration: 6 Dec 2007 → 8 Dec 2007 |
Conference
| Conference | 5th International Conference of the Iberoamerican Academy of Management |
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| Period | 6/12/07 → 8/12/07 |