KNOWLEDGE CREATION DYNAMICS AND FINANCIAL GOVERNANCE: CRISIS OF GROWTH IN BIOTECH FIRMS

Anne-Laure Saives, Mehran Ebrahimi, Robert H. Desmarteau and Catherine Garnier
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Anne-Laure Saives: University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada
Mehran Ebrahimi: University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada
Robert H. Desmarteau: University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada
Catherine Garnier: University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada

Chapter 2 in Challenges in the Management of New Technologies, 2007, pp 17-32 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: AbstractThe business models of dedicated biotech enterprises currently focus on the management of inventions with the aim of entering a virtuous growth cycle based on judicious directing of R&D projects (towards the market), the choice of intellectual property to be protected and traded, as well as managing financial options. We here deepen our understanding of the technological and organizational development cycle of these firms. We base ourselves on a series of semi-structured interviews with over 110 biotechnology firms within Quebec, one of the largest bio-cluster in Canada. This exploratory field study leads us to major paradoxical observations between organizational knowledge creation within biotechnology firms and the type of financial governance that is present. It ultimately shows three different modes of development within those firms: that is, pre-entrepreneurial, entrepreneurial and managerial, each staking out the progress of biotechnology firms, and also equally marked by two transformational ruptures (teleological and creativity gaps).

Keywords: Management of Technology; Innovation Process; Knowledge Management; Cross-Border Collaboration; Interdisciplinary Collaboration; Indicators for Measuring Innovation; Business in High-Tech Industry; Sustainability; Social Aspects of Technology Management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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