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Human resource management and learning for innovation: pharmaceuticals in Mexico
Santiago-Rodriguez, Fernando - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2010
This paper investigates the influence of human resource management on learning from internal and external sources of … knowledge. Learning for innovation is a key ingredient of catching-up processes. The analysis builds on survey data about … pharmaceutical firms in Mexico. Results show that the influence of human resource management is contingent on the knowledge flows and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008513249
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Human resource management for learning through knowledge exploitation and knowledge exploration: Pharmaceuticals in Mexico
Santiago, Fernando; Alcorta, Ludovico - In: Structural Change and Economic Dynamics 23 (2012) 4, pp. 530-546
training revealed the more consistent, positive influence on the likelihood that pharmaceuticals firms perform R&D in Mexico. …-house R&D. R&D is broadly interpreted as learning—a mechanism promoting absorptive capacity and supporting technology … capability-building. Firms can choose between two learning strategies: they can exploit existing knowledge, or perform more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011048664
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Determinants of PRO-industry interactions in pharmaceutical R&D: the case of Mexico
Santiago-Rodriguez, Fernando; Dutrenit, Gabriela - United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and … - 2010
Interactive learning, particularly between firms and public research organizations (PRO), nurtures the dynamics of … developing countries. But why this is so? Based on evidence from the pharmaceutical industry in Mexico, this paper identifies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693155
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Determinants of PRO-industry interactions in pharmaceutical R&D: the case of Mexico
Santiago-Rodriguez, Fernando; Dutrenit, Gabriela - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2010
Interactive learning, particularly between firms and public research organizations (PRO), nurtures the dynamics of … developing countries. But why this is so? Based on evidence from the pharmaceutical industry in Mexico, this paper identifies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010712332
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Developing novel drugs
Krieger, Joshua; Li, Danielle; Papanikolaou, Dimitris - 2017
We provide evidence that risk aversion leads pharmaceutical firms to underinvest in radical andnovel innovation. We do so by introducing a new measure of novelty: a drug candidate is novelif it is molecularly distinct from prior candidates. Using our measure, we show that firms face arisk-reward...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011928975
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Do Spillovers Stimulate Incremental or Drastic Product Innovations? Hypotheses and Evidence from German Establishment Data
Jirjahn, Uwe; Kraft, Kornelius - 2006
We estimate the determinants of various types of product innovation. Knowledge spillovers from rivals have a positive impact on incremental innovations. This impact is largely independent of the participation in R&D cooperations. Spillovers exert no such independent influence on drastic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297531
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Spillover Use and Innovation Success: What Role Does R&D Play?
Jirjahn, Uwe - 2012
Based on data from Germany, this study finds a positive link between using knowledge spillovers from rivals and innovation success in establishments without R&D but not in establishments with R&D. This supports the hypothesis that rivals' knowledge is more valuable to establishments that are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010327760
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Spillover use and innovation success : what role does R&D play?
Jirjahn, Uwe - 2012
Based on data from Germany, this study finds a positive link between using knowledge spillovers from rivals and innovation success in establishments without R&D but not in establishments with R&D. This supports the hypothesis that rivals knowledge is more valuable to establishments that are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010356044
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Competence Building: A Systemic Approach to Innovation Policy
Borrás, Susana; Edquist, Charles - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2013
The main question that guides this paper is how governments are focusing (and must focus) on competence building (education and training) when designing and implementing innovation policies. With this approach, the paper aims at filling the gap between the existing literature on competences on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010722776
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Do Spillovers Stimulate Incremental or Drastic Product Innovations? Hypotheses and Evidence from German Establishment Data
Jirjahn, Uwe; Kraft, Kornelius - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2006
We estimate the determinants of various types of product innovation. Knowledge spillovers from rivals have a positive impact on incremental innovations. This impact is largely independent of the participation in R&D cooperations. Spillovers exert no such independent influence on drastic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097593