Research Policy 2007

Modes of organizing biomedical innovation in the UK and US and the role of integrative and relational capabilities

Jacky Swan¹; A. Goussevskaia^1,2; Sue Newell^3,1; Maxine Robertson^4,5; Mike Bresnen⁶; Demola Obembe¹

¹ University of Warwick · ² Fundação Dom Cabral · ³ Bentley University · ⁴ Queen Mary University of London · ⁵ London School of Business and Management · ⁶ University of Leicester

Abstract

Given that biomedical innovation involves intense collaboration across disciplines, occupations and organizations, a nation's integrative capabilities (the ability to move between basic science and clinical development) and relational capabilities (the ability to collaborate with diverse organizations) have been identified as crucial. This paper deploys qualitative analysis of biomedical innovation in the UK and US to identify mechanisms influencing innovation at the project level through which these macro level capabilities may have effects. From this a propositional framework is developed that helps explain the likely impact of such capabilities for characteristically different kinds of innovation projects at the micro level. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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10.1016/j.respol.2007.02.014

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