Research Collaboration Networks in Biotechnology: Exploring the Trade-Off Between Institutional and Geographic Distances

D'Amore, Rosamaria; Iorio, Roberto; Labory, Sandrine; Stawinoga, Agnieszka Elzbieta

doi:10.1080/13662716.2013.791127

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“…3 The results of this analysis are not reported here. 4 KRACKHARDT andSTERN (1998) andD'AMORE et al (2013) use the E-I index, that is equal to: (number of external linkages -number of internal linkages) / (number of external linkages + number of internal linkages); anyway the E index and the E-I index are perfectly positively correlated, therefore using one or another leads to the same results. 5 We also tested the models with a dummy variable for each year: the results are very similar to the models with dummy variables for the three sub-periods.…”

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“…The same database used for this analysis has been analysed in a previous study (D'AMORE et al, 2013), which has the same basic research question too (what kind of relationship exists between institutional and geographic distance?). The contribution provided by the present paper consists in the analysis of a longer period of time (the paper by D' AMORE et al, 2013AMORE et al, , analyses only the publications from 2003AMORE et al, -2005, so that it is also possible to observe the evolution of phenomena in a quite long period of time, and in the use and comparison of several measures of institutional distance.…”

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New Insights on the Relationships between Geographic and Institutional Distance in Research Collaborations: A Long Period Analysis

D'Amore¹,

Iorio²

2016

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This paper analyses the relationship between institutional and geographic distance in scientific collaborations, evaluating the possible changes when a long period (sixteen years) is taken into consideration and discussing the use of some alternative measures of institutional distance. The main result, obtained by analysing the publications of the Italian biotech firms, is that international publications present an higher institutional distance than national papers, particularly in the early years, while there is no significant difference in institutional distance between regional and extra-regional papers, suggesting that opposite incentives are in action at different geographic scales and in different periods.

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New Insights on the Relationships between Geographic and Institutional Distance in Research Collaborations: A Long Period Analysis

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Iorio²

2016

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“…Collaborations are important for biotechnology owing to the multidisciplinary profile of this sector: they involve multiple institutions of different kinds (Powell et al , 1999); they facilitate the flow of information between the participating organizations (Hazir and Autant-Bernard, 2014); and they allow access to external knowledge, which is an efficient way to achieve strategic competitiveness (Al-Laham et al , 2011). In addition, collaborations in biotechnology result in better products, more innovation and lower risk of development (Kamuriwo and Baden-Fuller, 2016) and the increase in knowledge flow from cooperation efforts may be an advantage for companies of this and other high-tech sectors (D’Amore et al , 2013).…”

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“…SNA is considered an appropriate method to view the relationships between network participants, and has gained relevance in scientific articles (Su, 2017), with applications in several cases (Chen and Lin, 2016; D’Amore et al , 2013; Schiffauerova and Beaudry, 2012). In SNA, the network is a non-linear, decentralized, flexible, dynamic structure, with undefined boundaries, self-organizing, established through horizontal relations of cooperation (Borgatti and Halgin, 2011; Tomaél et al , 2006).…”

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Technological cooperation network in biotechnology

Pereira

Silva

Lavoie

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Purpose -The establishment of partnerships between companies, government and universities aims to enhance innovation and the technological development of institutions. The biotechnology sector has grown in recent years mainly driven by its cooperative business model. Compared to other countries, this sector is slowly advancing in Brazil, with delays in science, technology and innovation, especially in the private sector. This paper aims to examine, through social network analysis, the collaborative networks between institutions that filed patents in biotechnologymedicinal preparations from plantswhose inventions had Brazil as the priority country.Design/methodology/approach -The study of technological cooperation using patent documents is a reliable approach as they serve as good indicators of the interactions between organizations that focus on innovation and development of new product. Social network analysis of cooperation networks helps to understand the connections between patent assignees, and how they establish relationships.Findings -Results show that public universities are the institutions that most deposit patents, as well as those that co-operate the most, especially Universidade of Campinas. The study also reveals the critical role of Research Support Agencies in stimulating research and technological development, which result in new technologies.Originality/value -The study applied the social network analysis to provide an overview of the interactions among Brazilian institutions with the purpose of helping in decision-making and inciting public policies to leverage the biotechnology sector.

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“…Institutional proximity between inventive agents can influence the knowledge diffusion process (Cantwell, 2000;Boschma, 2005;D'Amore et al, 2013). This perspective would suggest that organizations are more likely to recombine technologies produced by organizations that are bound to the same rules and norms.…”

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Distant recombination and the creation of basic inventions: An analysis of the diffusion of public and private sector nanotechnology patents in Canada

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Document publié chez l'éditeur commercialDocument issued by the commercial publisher Mention légale:Legal notice:In all cases accepted manuscripts should link to the formal publication via its DOI AbstractThis article explores whether the relationship between the breath of technological integration (recombination distance) and the breath of an invention's subsequent application (basicness) is moderated by the sector of activity (private or public), sciencelinkage strength and industry characteristics. Our analysis of Canadian nanotechnology patents granted between 1990 and 1997 shows that although private organizations generally yield smaller rates of basic inventions than public organizations, increases to recombination distance by the former increases invention basicness at a higher rate; increasing reliance upon basic science moderates the relationship between recombination distance and basicness; and increases to recombination distance in emerging sciencebased industries increases invention basicness at a higher rate. These findings have implications regarding the debate around the efficiency of the academic enterprise model. organizations, increases to recombination distance by the former increases invention basicness at a higher rate; increasing reliance upon basic science moderates the relationship between recombination distance and basicness; and increases to recombination distance in emerging science-based industries increases invention basicness at a higher rate. These findings have implications regarding the debate around the efficiency of the academic enterprise model.

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Research Collaboration Networks in Biotechnology: Exploring the Trade-Off Between Institutional and Geographic Distances

Cited by 14 publications

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New Insights on the Relationships between Geographic and Institutional Distance in Research Collaborations: A Long Period Analysis

New Insights on the Relationships between Geographic and Institutional Distance in Research Collaborations: A Long Period Analysis

Technological cooperation network in biotechnology

Distant recombination and the creation of basic inventions: An analysis of the diffusion of public and private sector nanotechnology patents in Canada

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