Strategy and Innovation in the Biopharmaceutical & Healthcare Sectors

Abstract

The purpose of this symposium is to foster and accelerate scholarly conversations around the strategy and innovation of the bio- pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors. Our goal not only includes highlighting the aspects of importance of these sectors, but also involves contributing to the emergence of new ideas and research agenda, in light of recent events including Covid-19. We bring together a great set of five working papers and two senior scholars as discussants, who all study important theoretical issues and emerging phenomena in the biopharma and healthcare sectors. We have organized this presenter symposium with three goals in mind. First, to provide and motivate the importance of these sectors as an important empirical setting for strategy and management scholars. Second, to provide a brief overview of the strategy literature that has grounded their studies in these settings. We especially would like to highlight the theoretical insights from studies ranging from the management of innovation to the relationships between incumbents and entrepreneurial firms. Lastly, to introduce the working papers that use these settings that shed light on the direction and trajectory of the literature. When do Firms Provide Early Access prior to Commercialization? Evidence from Expanded Access Program Presenter: Sukhun Kang; London Business School Presenter: Sungyong Chang; London Business School Targeting vs. Expansion: What does physical connectivity actually provide? Presenter: Daniel Erian Armanios; Oxford U., Saïd Business School Presenter: Sunasir Dutta; U. of Minnesota Presenter: Maria Roche; Harvard Business School The Problem of Fragmentation and the Paradox of Network Intervention: Evidence From Policy Change Presenter: Russell James Funk; U. of Minnesota Presenter: Sohyun Park; U. of Minnesota Tight or Loose? Unpacking the Impact of Organization Design on the Development &Commercialization Presenter: John Eklund; U. of Southern California Looking Beyond Dyad: Impact of Information Environment on Value Capturing from Technology Partners Presenter: Sandip Bisui; U. of Colorado, Boulder Presenter: Jeffrey J. Reuer; U. of Colorado, Boulder