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The impact of global and local cohesion on innovation in the pharmaceutical industry

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  • Isin Guler
  • Atul Nerkar

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In this paper, we examine how the configuration of intraorganizational networks, and in particular, cohesion among members of an organization, influences organizations' innovative output. We argue that the cohesion among R&D scientists could be at a local level or a global level, and that local and global cohesion may have different impacts on firms' innovation performance. We test our hypotheses by examining the structure of the R&D collaboration networks within firms that operated in the pharmaceutical industry between 1981 and 1989, and their innovative outcomes—patents that led to new product launches. We find that local cohesion has a positive impact on the innovative performance of a firm, and global cohesion has a negative impact. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • Isin Guler & Atul Nerkar, 2012. "The impact of global and local cohesion on innovation in the pharmaceutical industry," Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 33(5), pages 535-549, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:stratm:v:33:y:2012:i:5:p:535-549
    DOI: 10.1002/smj.957
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