Temporal Sequence of Knowledge Sourcing in Pharmaceutical MNEs

Suma Athreye, John Cantwell, Sarah Edris and Marianna Marra

L'industria, 2022, issue 4, 555-580

Abstract: This paper explores the temporal sequencing of the evolution of internal and external knowledge sourcing by Multinational Enterprises (mnes) in the pharma sector, between 1976 and 2016, a period that saw the biotechnology sector coalesce and gather momentum. We find that mnes’ knowledge sourcing followed a pattern of dynamic substitution, in which internal knowledge search was replaced, over time, by local inter-organizational and international intra-mne knowledge sourcing. It might be that the key to pharma mnes’ longevity is their ability successfully internalize externally generated knowledge

Keywords: MNEs; Innovation; Longitudinal Analysis; Patents; Knowledge Sources (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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