Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to conduct a quantitative, integrative and systematic literature review of the moderating effects of dynamic capability associated with radical innovation and incremental innovation teams in the global pharmaceutical biotechnology industry. This paper utilizes a conceptual framework of dynamic capability and socio-technical theory to underpin the study. The study includes 250 articles which were originally surveyed, and then a final selection of 66 articles was based on a structured coding system. The study outcome reveals that knowledge sharing strengthens existing professional knowledge and enhances internal work coordination and consistency in employees’ behavior, and effectively integrates diverse team knowledge and experience. Open innovation has a positive effect on radical innovation and enables knowledge acquisition to form a symbiotic relationship with knowledge sharing. Learning orientation has a stronger effect on incremental innovation than on radical innovation. The limitations of the study are related to a systematic literature review for this research does not establish causality. The mediating effects of dynamic capability on teams are not explored for this research. The implications for management are as follows, teams must be given the autonomy to make decisions from a technical perspective. Tacit knowledge, open innovation, knowledge acquisition and learning orientation are areas in which priority must be given during and after acquisitions in the pharmaceutical biotechnology industry.
Highlights
3.1 Theoretical frameworkSocio-technical theory (STT) was explored along with dynamic capabilities for this research paper
Open innovation has a positive effect on radical innovation and enables knowledge acquisition to form a symbiotic relationship with knowledge sharing
Open Innovation has a positive effect on radical innovation (Cheng et al, 2016)
Summary
Socio-technical theory (STT) was explored along with dynamic capabilities for this research paper. Dynamic capabilities were viewed as a mechanism or intervention for the research question which was being explored. The research question being analyzed is associated with teams there was the need to look at a theory associated with team behaviors. Xiang et al (2014) observed that STT perceives the group or company as a work structure with two interconnected substructures: the technical structure and the social structure. The technical structure is concerned with the “processes, tasks, and technology” needed to convert inputs such as drug substances to outputs such as drug products; the social structure is concerned with the interactions among “people and their attitudes, skills, and values”. The outputs of a work structure are a result of the shared interface between these two structures (p.775)
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