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What drives biopharmaceutical firms' exploratory openness? A comparative process tracing approach to the analysis of R&D microfoundations

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  • Di Paola, Nadia
  • Russo Spena, Tiziana

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By responding to the call for a multidimensional approach in the open innovation domain, the present work aims to clarify the interplay of different internal R&D resources as microfoundations through which exploratory openness is encouraged and enacted.

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  • Di Paola, Nadia & Russo Spena, Tiziana, 2019. "What drives biopharmaceutical firms' exploratory openness? A comparative process tracing approach to the analysis of R&D microfoundations," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 97(C), pages 94-103.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jbrese:v:97:y:2019:i:c:p:94-103
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2018.12.004
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