Small-Firm Strategic Research Partnerships: The Case of Biotechnology

An overview of the theoretical motivation and empirical literature on small firm strategic alliances in biotechnology, an industry where these alliances have proliferated, is provided.

Abstract

This paper provides an overview of the theoretical motivation and the empirical literature on small firm strategic alliances in biotechnology, an industry where these alliances have proliferated. We begin by examining the alliance strategy for knowledge-based small firms in general and then turn our attention to the case of biotech.