Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/16086
Title: Inter-firm Collaboration in New Product Development in Chinese Pharmaceutical Companies
Authors: Li, X
Zheng, Y
Wang, C
Keywords: Inter-firm collaboration;New product development;Chinese pharmaceutical companies;Resource-based view;Institution-based view;Transaction cost economies
Issue Date: 2016
Publisher: SPRINGER VERLAG (GERMANY)
Citation: Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 2016, 33 (1), pp. 165 - 193
Abstract: High-tech firms increasingly rely on inter-firm collaboration (IFC) in new product development (NPD). While there is a growing research interest in exploring the economic rationale of IFC through the transaction cost economics (TCE) and the resource synergy of IFC through the resource-based view of the firm (RBV), little attention has been given to the institution-based view (IBV) that also has important implications for firms’ choice of IFC. In particular, how national institutional environment affects IFC in the NPD process remains under-researched. This study aims to contribute to the literature by extending our understanding of the role of IFC in firms’ NPD process, taking into account transactional, resource, and institutional factors. Based on a case study of two firms: a state-owned and a private pharmaceutical firm in China, our research identifies three key forms of IFC, which are dynamic at different stages of NPD and contingent upon an array of institutional, resource, and transactional rationales underpinning firms’ choice of different forms of IFC. Our study is the first one that investigates the role of IFC in the NPD process bringing together the IBV, RBV, and TCE perspectives.
URI: http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/16086
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10490-015-9451-y
ISSN: 1572-9958
0217-4561
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