A NETWORK ANALYSIS OF OPEN INNOVATION IN DRUG DISCOVERY

Fumihiko Isada and Yuriko Isada

Economy & Business Journal, 2015, vol. 9, issue 1, 94-110

Abstract: The purpose of this research is to classify the inter-organizational relationships in open innovation between pharmaceutical companies and to clarify quantitatively the relationship between each type and research efficiency. In terms of research methodology, a patent database of drug development was analysed using the technique of social network analysis. The study concludes that a significant difference in the research efficiency of the various types of inter-organizational relationships can be verified.

Keywords: open innovation; social network analysis; drug discovery; inter-organizational relationship (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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