The effects of business-university alliances on innovative output and financial performance: A study of publicly traded biotechnology companies
Companies in the biotechnology industry face major challenges in developing and commercializing new products. Focusing on publicly traded biotechnology firms that are not members of university incubators or research parks, this paper argues that the links these companies develop with universities ca...
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Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
2002
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| Online Access: | https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/4657 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/5656/viewcontent/EffectsBusiness_UniversityAlliances_2002.pdf |
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| Language: | English |
| Summary: | Companies in the biotechnology industry face major challenges in developing and commercializing new products. Focusing on publicly traded biotechnology firms that are not members of university incubators or research parks, this paper argues that the links these companies develop with universities can have beneficial effects on a company's operations. Analysis of 2457 alliances undertaken by 147 biotechnology firms shows that companies with university linkages have lower research and development (R&D) expenses while having higher levels of innovative output. However, the results do not support the proposition that companies with university linkages achieve higher financial performance than similar firms without such linkages. |
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