【主講】趙敏淵，密歇根大學羅斯商學院

【主題】Shopping for the family: A study of external knowledge sourcing by multiunit firms

【時間】2013-2-26（周二）13:30-15:00

【地點】清華經管學院偉倫樓385

【語言】英文

【主辦】創新創業與戰略系

【簡介】

Despite a rich literature on external knowledge sourcing, little research has explored the influence of intra-firm dynamics on inter-firm knowledge sourcing. This study builds on the premise that in a multiunit firm, units have significant influence on the knowledge-sourcing process due to their specialized knowledge and expertise. When relative comparison across units is important, peripheral units in a firm have greater urgency to source external technologies to fill their pipelines and are willing to take more risks in doing so. Consequently, they source more external technologies and, in particular, more early-stage technologies compared with core units. Empirical analyses in the pharmaceutical industry lend support to our arguments. By highlighting how the relative position of a unit within a firm affects its knowledge-sourcing behavior, our study introduces intra-firm dynamics to the literature on inter-firm relationships.

Keywords: Knowledge sourcing; innovation; multiunit firms; pharmaceutical industry