Alliance network, information technology, and firm innovation: Findings from pharmaceutical industry

ICIS 2010 Proceedings - Thirty First International Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Chi, Lei ^a   Liao, Yin Chi ^a   Han, Shu ^b   Joshi, K D ^c  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliance network; Firm innovation; It enabled knowledge capabilities; Structural holes

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY; FIRM INNOVATION; INTER-FIRM ALLIANCES; KNOWLEDGE CAPABILITIES; NETWORK STRUCTURES; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; PATENT INVENTION; PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY; PHARMACEUTICAL FIRMS; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; STRUCTURAL HOLES; THEORY AND PRACTICE;

INDUSTRY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 84870970186     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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