Inter-organizational collaborations can help firms design and deliver products and services
efficiently and effectively, gaining access to information, knowledge, and technologies
otherwise difficult to obtain. At the same time, relying on extended network partners
encompassing both direct and indirect linkages during product design and development and
service delivery can give rise to operational challenges such as coordination challenges
and tradeoffs in operational performance. A natural question follows: How can organizations …

New therapeutics and innovation in medicine are major contributors to the sustained
population and economic growth witnessed in the previous century (Lichtenberg, 2005).
Today, even while there are still plenty of opportunities for innovation in medicine
(Cockburn, 2007; Spear, Heath-Chiozzi, & Huff, 2001), the pharmaceutical industry struggles
with bringing new products to the market and is faced with a declining research and
development (R&D) productivity (DiMasi et al., 2003; Pammolli et al., 2011). This declining …