The impact of tensions on partnership development: a study of research and innovation partnerships in life science

Taran Thune and Magnus Gulbrandsen
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Taran Thune: TIK Center for Technology, Innovation and Culture, University of Oslo, Norway

No 20161210, Working Papers on Innovation Studies from Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture, University of Oslo

Abstract: Difficult and problematic aspects of collaborative innovation are rarely explicit objects of study (Bozeman el al., 2013), but there is good reasons to assume that problems and tensions are an inherent feature of partnerships, and that many partnerships are not successful due to the inability in dealing with tensions. This paper will address this issue by looking at sources and impacts of tensions on partnership development. We do so by performing a qualitative analysis of research and innovation partnerships between hospitals, universities and firms. The analysis, based on three longitudinal case studies, reveal major differences in how alliance stakeholders perceive sources of tensions and impact of tensions. The study demonstrates that tensions are rarely reduced over time and become more visible and permanent characteristics of partnerships. But not all kinds of tensions have a negative impact on partnership development, and we discuss how different tensions influence partnership development.

Pages: 28 pages
Date: 2016-12
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