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Unpacking Open Innovation: Absorptive Capacity, Exploratory and Exploitative Openness, and the Growth of Entrepreneurial Biopharmaceutical Firms

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  • Tianjiao Xia
  • Stephen Roper

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In this article, we explore the relationship between two key aspects of open innovation in small firms—absorptive capacity (ACAP) and external relationships—and their effects on growth in the U.S. and European biopharmaceutical sectors. Results from an international sample of 349 biopharmaceutical firms surveyed in the United States, United Kingdom, France, and Germany suggest that realized ACAP plays an important role in determining firms’ growth. In terms of the interaction between firms’ ACAP and external relationships, we find that engagement with exploratory relationships depends strongly on the continuity of R&D, while participation in exploitative relationships is more conditional on firms’ realized ACAP.

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  • Tianjiao Xia & Stephen Roper, 2016. "Unpacking Open Innovation: Absorptive Capacity, Exploratory and Exploitative Openness, and the Growth of Entrepreneurial Biopharmaceutical Firms," Journal of Small Business Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 54(3), pages 931-952, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ujbmxx:v:54:y:2016:i:3:p:931-952
    DOI: 10.1111/jsbm.12220
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