Leveraging micro‐ and macro‐structures of embeddedness in alliance networks for exploratory innovation in biotechnology

Anastasios G. Karamanos · 2011 · R and D Management

Summary. This study examines how alliance network structures affect exploratory innovation in biotechnology firms. Using patent data from 455 biotech companies and 2,933 alliances between 1986–1999, the research finds that firms achieving high exploratory innovation have short indirect connections to many other firms within their own alliance portfolios, while operating in dense industry networks centered around key hub firms. These effects follow curvilinear patterns.

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Karamanos, A. G.. (2011). Leveraging micro‐ and macro‐structures of embeddedness in alliance networks for exploratory innovation in biotechnology. R and D Management. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9310.2011.00664.x

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9310.2011.00664.x
Categories: innovation-networks, innovation-theory, general-innovation
Added: 2026-04-28