Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Krafft Jackie
Author-Email: jackie.krafft@cnrs.gredeg.fr
Author-Name: Quatraro Francesco
Author-Email: francesco.quatraro@unice.fr
Author-Name: Saviotti Pier Paolo
Author-Email:pier-paolo.saviotti@wanadoo.fr 
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Turin
Author-Workplace-Homepage: http://www.est.unito.it/
Title: Knowledge characteristics and the dynamics of technological alliances in Pharmaceuticals: Empirical evidence from Europe, US and Japan
Abstract: The paper investigates the co-evolutionary patterns of the dynamics of
technological alliances and of the structure of the knowledge base in the pharmaceutical
sector. The main hypothesis under scrutiny is that technological alliances represent a key
resource for firms in knowledge intensive sectors to cope with dramatic changes in the
knowledge base, marked by the introduction of discontinuities opening up new technological
trajectories. By using patent information and data on technological alliances drawn from the
CATI-MERIT database, we compare the evidence concerning the so-called triad, i.e. United
States, Europe and Japan. The empirical results confirm the existence of a life cycle in
biotechnology affecting the pharmaceutical industry. Furthermore, the dynamics of alliances
is found to depend on (i) the phase of the biotechnology life cycle, (ii) the strength of the
region in biotechnology and (iii) the general features of the economic environment of the
region
Length: 43 pages
Creation-Date: 2011-07
File-URL: http://www.est.unito.it/do/home.pl/Download?doc=/allegati_wp/wp2011dip_l_b/13_wp_momigliano.pdf
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Handle: RePEc:uto:labeco:201113