TY  - JOUR
SP  - 124
N2  - Technological and market transitions are difficult to manage, and collaborations can be viewed as either resources or constraints in dynamic settings. In the biopharmaceutical industry, a paradigmatic shift in the relevant knowledge bases occurred in the mid-1990s, inducing a structural change in the network of R&D collaborations. Search and relational strategies oriented toward exploration versus exploitation have prevailed in different phases of the network evolution. Therefore, biotechnology firms have experienced overwhelming difficulties in reorienting their learning strategies throughout paradigmatic shifts and ambidextrous organizations have been able to attain superior performances in terms of stability and centralization in the R&D network.
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
SN  - 0033-6807
A1  - Riccaboni, Massimo
A1  - Moliterni, Rocco
JF  - R&D Management
IS  - 2
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9310.2009.00545.x
Y1  - 2009/03//
AV  - none
TI  - Managing technological transitions through R&D alliances
VL  - 39
EP  - 135
ID  - eprints1042
ER  -