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Research Networks And Organisational Mobility In An Emerging Technological Field: The Case Of Plant Biotechnology

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  • Bart Clarysse
  • Koenraad Debackere
  • Roland Van Dierdonck

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This paper builds on social network theory to understand technological development. Based on the empirical evidence of 367 research organisations in plant biotechnology over a nineteen-year period, we demonstrate how a structural analysis of the research network within the technological community is used to identify four collaboration-based strategic groups of research organisations. The emergence of these groups can be linked to technological breakthroughs in the field. Analyses of the four clusters point to the influence of research collaborations on stratification within an evolving technological domain. Finally, as archival data sources are used to detect incidences of collaborative research and to trace the evolution of R&D networks in an emerging field, we conclude with a discussion of the potential contribution of bibliometric data to understand the development of new technologies in their early, pre-commercial phases.

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  • Bart Clarysse & Koenraad Debackere & Roland Van Dierdonck, 1996. "Research Networks And Organisational Mobility In An Emerging Technological Field: The Case Of Plant Biotechnology," Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 4(2), pages 77-96.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ecinnt:v:4:y:1996:i:2:p:77-96
    DOI: 10.1080/10438599600000001
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    1. Binenbaum, Eran, 2003. "The Intellectual Property Strategy of International Agricultural Research Centres," 2003 Conference (47th), February 12-14, 2003, Fremantle, Australia 57835, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.
    2. Soh, Pek Hooi, 1966- & Roberts, Edward Baer. & International Center for Research on the Management of Technology., 1998. "The effects of social capital on technological performance of the firm : a a longitudinal analysis," Working papers 174-98, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Sloan School of Management.
    3. Soh, Pek-Hooi & Roberts, Edward B., 2003. "Networks of innovators: a longitudinal perspective," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 32(9), pages 1569-1588, October.

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    Keywords

    Networks; mobility; biotechnology J.E.L. Codes: 030; L20;
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    JEL classification:

    • L20 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - General

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