Ambidextrous value (co) creation (ESR15)Ambidexterity means that companies are both involved in process of discovery (research and development) as well as exploitation. In this project, we will study
innovation management in pharmaceutical sciences from this point of view (ambidexterity) with a focus on 1) the understanding of the absorptive capacity of the pharmaceutical industry (the capacity to absorb knowledge and implement the new insights) and 2) IP-arrangements in the collaborative innovation projects in the open innovation landscape in which academia and companies participate side-by-side (or even triple helix: government supported arrangements). We will study the absorptive capacity and IP-arrangements throughout the whole drug discovery & development process and explore differences in innovation management in different industrial settings.
As part of the broader ONCORNET 2.0 consortium, this project aims to describe ambidexterity of SMEs, pharma and academici institutes using ONCORNET and ONCORNET 2.0 as a case study (http://www.oncornet.eu/index.php/projects).
Key publications:
- Chen, Q., & Liu, Z. (2018). How does openness to innovation drive organizational ambidexterity? The mediating role of organizational learning goal orientation. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 66(2), 156-169.
- Freitas, I. M. B., Marques, R. A., & e Silva, E. M. D. P. (2013). University–industry collaboration and innovation in emergent and mature industries in new industrialized countries. Research Policy, 42(2): 443-453.
- Romasanta, A. K., van der Sijde, P., Hellsten, I., Hubbard, R. E., Keseru, G. M., van Muijlwijk-Koezen, J., & de Esch, I. J. (2018). When fragments link: a bibliometric perspective on the development of fragment-based drug discovery. Drug discovery today, 23(9), 1596-1609.
Your duties
- to investigate the ambidexterity-balance in the consortium between exploration and exploitation and the role of (fore- and background) IP.
- to study the interaction between consortium participants with regards to exploration and exploitation in view of value creation and the role of the consortium network
- close collaboration with fellow PhD students
- collaborations with other fellow PhD students in the consortium on the dissemination of the project
- execution of at least two external secondments
- supervision of research traineeships and literature theses of master students
- regular updating in project meetings and group meetings
- dissemination of results in peer-reviewed journals and at conferences