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From Knowledge Base to Alliance: The Strategic Significance of Knowledge Depth and Breadth in Biotechnology

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This paper offers a new theoretical framework that explains the association between a biotechnology firm’s knowledge structuration- i.e. depth and breadth of knowledge- and its strategic alliances: First, knowledge depth and breadth each play distinctive roles in alliance relationships and this role varies depending on the goal of the alliance and the type of partner. Second, the firm’s participation in various forms of alliances implies different learning processes between the partners and therefore, in time, it affects the evolution of its knowledge base structuration. We offer research propositions that encompass this ‘interplay’ between knowledge structuration and the firm’s alliance activity.

Author(s):

Mohammad Saleh Farazi    
New Jersey Institute of Technology
United States

Shanthi Gopalakrishnan    
New Jersey Institute of Technology
United States

Ana Perez-Luño    
Pablo de Olavide University
Spain

 

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