The impact of global and local cohesion on innovation in the pharmaceutical industry |
| |
Authors: | Isin Guler Atul Nerkar |
| |
Institution: | 1. Kenan‐Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.;2. Sabanci University, School of Management, Istanbul, Turkey |
| |
Abstract: | In this paper, we examine how the configuration of intraorganizational networks, and in particular, cohesion among members of an organization, influences organizations' innovative output. We argue that the cohesion among R&D scientists could be at a local level or a global level, and that local and global cohesion may have different impacts on firms' innovation performance. We test our hypotheses by examining the structure of the R&D collaboration networks within firms that operated in the pharmaceutical industry between 1981 and 1989, and their innovative outcomes—patents that led to new product launches. We find that local cohesion has a positive impact on the innovative performance of a firm, and global cohesion has a negative impact. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
| |
Keywords: | cohesion intraorganizational networks innovation pharmaceutical industry global vs local |
|
|