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Untangling the Interplay: Interfirm Alliances, University-Industry Collaboration, and Firm Innovation

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  • Yiwei Su

    (Nanjing University)

  • Mingyu Tian

    (Shandong University of Finance and Economics)

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Previous studies have examined the impact of one type of collaboration in isolation on firm innovation. However, there lacks a comprehensive analysis of how multiple types of collaboration jointly affect firm innovation. This study aims to fill this gap by exploring how interfirm alliances and university-industry collaboration jointly influence the innovation performance of the focal firm. Based on panel data of the global biopharmaceutical industry from 1990 to 2019, we employ a Poisson regression model to analyze the interaction effects between these two collaboration types. Our findings reveal a negative interaction effect of interfirm alliances and university-industry collaboration on the innovation performance of the focal firm. Technological capability weakens the negative interaction effect of interfirm alliances and university-industry collaboration, and technological diversity strengthens the negative interaction effect. This study advances the understanding of interorganizational collaboration by analyzing the joint effects of interfirm alliances and university-industry collaboration on firm innovation. Additionally, the findings provide practical guidance for firms to strategically simultaneously manage their collaborative efforts to optimize innovation outcomes.

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  • Yiwei Su & Mingyu Tian, 2025. "Untangling the Interplay: Interfirm Alliances, University-Industry Collaboration, and Firm Innovation," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 16(3), pages 13624-13642, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jknowl:v:16:y:2025:i:3:d:10.1007_s13132-024-02509-4
    DOI: 10.1007/s13132-024-02509-4
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