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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2007
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 07-039/3
Verlag: 
Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam and Rotterdam
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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 that it requires radical technological change for firms to leave their embedded path of existing alliances and form new alliances with new partners. While new partners are mostly found through the firms’ existing network, we provide some insight into distant link formation with unknown partners, which contributes to our understanding of how ‘small-worlds’ might emerge.
Schlagwörter: 
Pharmaceutical industry
Biotechnology industry
R&D
Technological change
Alliances
Networks
JEL: 
O32
O31
L14
L24
M13
M21
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Working Paper
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