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- catalog abstract "Although the significance of the resource-based perspective to strategic thinking has been made clear and written about extensively, the detailed dynamics through which strategic assets are built and accumulated inside firms is still somewhat unclear. Particularly the link between asset accumulation and interdependence raises important research questions: That is, if some assets are complementary (substitutes) and thus increase (decrease) in value when brought together, then to what extent does this influence a firm's strategy in accumulating these assets. In this paper, we explore these matters by means of anempirical study of pharmaceutical drug discovery where we investigated (1) the dynamics of three interdependent assets (chemical libraries, combinatorial chemistry, and high-throughput screening); (2) the resulting strategies taken by firms and the extent to which those firms benefit from bringing complementary assets together when they are developed in and outside firm boundaries; (3) and the role of structural inertia in the accumulation of interdependent assets under technological change. Particularly the study of inertia resulted in empirical findings that support earlier theoretical work on organizational change: While the peripheral parts of organizations were very quick to respond to technological change, the project-level adoption at the firms₂ core faced some opposition.".
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- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description "Although the significance of the resource-based perspective to strategic thinking has been made clear and written about extensively, the detailed dynamics through which strategic assets are built and accumulated inside firms is still somewhat unclear. Particularly the link between asset accumulation and interdependence raises important research questions: That is, if some assets are complementary (substitutes) and thus increase (decrease) in value when brought together, then to what extent does this influence a firm's strategy in accumulating these assets. In this paper, we explore these matters by means of anempirical study of pharmaceutical drug discovery where we investigated (1) the dynamics of three interdependent assets (chemical libraries, combinatorial chemistry, and high-throughput screening); (2) the resulting strategies taken by firms and the extent to which those firms benefit from bringing complementary assets together when they are developed in and outside firm boundaries; (3) and the role of structural inertia in the accumulation of interdependent assets under technological change. Particularly the study of inertia resulted in empirical findings that support earlier theoretical work on organizational change: While the peripheral parts of organizations were very quick to respond to technological change, the project-level adoption at the firms₂ core faced some opposition.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 27-30).".
- catalog extent "34 p. :".
- catalog isPartOf "Working paper (Harvard University. Graduate School of Business Administration. Division of Research) ; 00-086.".
- catalog isPartOf "Working paper / Division of Research, Harvard Business School ; 00-086".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "[Boston] : Division of Research, Harvard Business School,".
- catalog title "Strategic assets, interdependence and technological change : an empirical investigation in pharmaceutical drug discovery / Stefan Thomke, Walter Kuemmerle.".
- catalog type "text".