China's unique position in discovery and preclinical research

Boutellier, Roman; Ullman, Fredrik

doi:10.1016/j.drudis.2006.11.009

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“…Pharmaceutical companies want to increase their productivity in research, the adaptation during the last decade to do so have been a shift in scientific and technological paradigms emerging in small steps, business model innovation in R&D, increased M&A activities as well as increased early in‐licensing deals and last but not least an increased outsourcing activity to low cost countries such as China or India (Boutellier and Ullman, 2007). Our results show that the communication landscape changes dramatically moving from cell space to multi‐space.…”

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confidence: 99%

Impact of office layout on communication in a science‐driven business

Boutellier¹,

Ullman²,

Schreiber³

et al. 2008

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Driving innovation and creativity has relied heavily on new information technologies in the last decade. Human capital has certainly had its importance, but how to coordinate human capital in order to push productivity in research and development without compromising individual initiative is still not well understood. In this paper, we provide results showing that geometry of workspace has indeed an impact on communication patterns and may thus be used as a means to drive both innovation and efficient research. In order to be creative, new knowledge has to be created. Communication facilitates knowledge creation. We try to close the bridge between areas of creation of tacit knowledge and transfer of knowledge highlighted by authors like Nonaka, Takeuchi, Konno, von Krogh and von Hippel with the area of communication patterns pioneered by Allen, Hatch, and Stryker, by considering face-to-face (FTF) communication as a first step for socialization, socialization as a means for knowledge creation. In this article, we compare two different office environments within the same site, same activity, same hierarchical level and same company: a traditional cell office area and a new multi-space office, used by people who used to work in cell offices. We observed FTF communication patterns during 120 h in two areas and measured over 2,000 communication events. We found that people communicate three times more often in a multi-space area than in a cell-space area. We also found that the mean duration of communication events decreased from 9 to 3 min when transferring collaborators from a cell-space to a multi-space. Finally time spent without communication increased from 5% to 29% when going from cell-offices to multi-space areasleaving more time for people to work and think on their own. And we found that most communication events during work time in the multi-space took place at the work place and seldom or never in soft sitting areas installed for the purpose of communication.

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Impact of office layout on communication in a science‐driven business

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Schreiber³

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“…The empirical data from Med Tech concerning this issue is of a diverging kind and it remains somewhat unclear to which extent this might be the case for the company (cf. Boutellier and Ullman, 2007). To prepare for more direct university collaboration in the future, internships are offered to selected university students.…”

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How transfer of R&D to emerging markets nurtures global innovation performance

Harryson

Søberg

2009

IJTG

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In the context of global R&D, we connect literature on knowledge management to a network-based theoretical framework helpful to explain the impact of R&D globalisation on innovation performance. This framework is applied to two case companies, both global leaders within their respective industries, in order to analyse the extent to which their strategic globalisation of R&D activities, from Scandinavia to China, has contributed to increased innovation performance. Our findings suggests that close interaction and cross-fertilisation with local knowledge networks are of eminent importance for newly established R&D offsprings to improve overall innovation performance. Pack Tech illustrates this through a collaboration-intensive approach to university competitions in China.

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“…Subsidies and favorable policy measures should be designed and prioritized to strengthen the performance of effective innovators (Nemet, ). The following innovation resources have been identified (Chan et al, ): (1)State‐Owned Enterprises (SOEs) (White, ; Jiang et al, ; Nolan and Yeung, ; Wang et al, ). (2)High‐tech Small‐to‐Medium Enterprises (SMEs) (Jiang et al, ; Boutellier and Ullman, ; Wang et al, ). (3)Multinational Company and subsidiaries (MNCs) (Boutellier and Ullman, ; Ghauri and Rao, ; Han, ). (4)Contract Research/Manufacture Organizations (CRO/CMOs) (Lawrence, ; Singh, ; Boutellier and Ullman, ). (5)University Research Programs (URPs) (Boutellier and Ullman, ; Hong, ; Wang et al, ). (6)Equity Joint Ventures (EJVs) (Nolan and Yeung, ; Boutellier and Ullman, ; Lee, ). (7)Public Research Institutes (Boutellier and Ullman, ; Wang et al, ). (8)Foreign R&D Centers (FR&D) (Lawrence, ; Gassmann et al, ; Un and Cuervo‐Cazurra, ). …”

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“…(1) State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) (White, 2000;Jiang et al, 2001;Nolan and Yeung, 2001;Wang et al, 2009). (2) High-tech Small-to-Medium Enterprises (SMEs) (Jiang et al, 2001;Boutellier and Ullman, 2007;Wang et al, 2009).…”

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A research and development decision model for pharmaceutical industry: case of China

Chan

Daim

2017

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This paper evaluates prospective technology areas, development strategies, and various innovation resources in China's pharmaceutical sector through the use of a hierarchical decision model. The results indicate that although domestic SMEs are the major preferred innovation alternative, it is followed closely by foreign MNCs. The sensitivity analysis indicates that the effectiveness of policy decisions are influenced by certain high technology areas. Recombinant therapeutic proteins, recombinant vaccines, and monoclonal antibody technologies are identified as the major areas that will influence the priority of innovation resources. The research crafts a research framework to formulate innovation strategies in dealing with the uncertainties of technology development and policy decisions in the biopharmaceutical industry.

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China's unique position in discovery and preclinical research

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Impact of office layout on communication in a science‐driven business

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How transfer of R&D to emerging markets nurtures global innovation performance

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