Institutional entrepreneurship in constructing alternative paths: A comparison of biotech hybrids
This paper investigates how firms adapt their innovation strategies to cope with constraints in national institutional environments. It is a comparative case study of Dutch and British dedicated biotechnology firms focusing on a particular type of strategy, the hybrid model. Patterns of skill accumulation and learning present in the Dutch hybrids are indications of how they use institutional advantages to focus on low-risk innovation and build deeper competences while also pursuing high-risk innovation strategies. The Dutch hybrid offers insight into how firms comply with the dominant logic of... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | doc-type:workingPaper |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2009 |
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Manchester: The University of Manchester
Manchester Business School |
| Schlagwörter: | ddc:330 / biotechnology / national business systems / national innovation systems / varieties of capitalism / institutional entrepreneurship / Innovationspolitik / Institutionalismus / Unternehmer / Rationales Verhalten / Biotechnische Industrie / Systemvergleich / Niederlande / Großbritannien |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26860527 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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| Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/50666 |
This paper investigates how firms adapt their innovation strategies to cope with constraints in national institutional environments. It is a comparative case study of Dutch and British dedicated biotechnology firms focusing on a particular type of strategy, the hybrid model. Patterns of skill accumulation and learning present in the Dutch hybrids are indications of how they use institutional advantages to focus on low-risk innovation and build deeper competences while also pursuing high-risk innovation strategies. The Dutch hybrid offers insight into how firms comply with the dominant logic of the biotechnology field even when their institutional frameworks encourage the pursuit of low-risk innovation strategies.