Abstract
R&D stands for Research and Development and while
research is essential for new product development in biotechnology, the
development and its integration with research (the transfer from research to
development) is underexplored. Without efficient and successful process
development, biotech companies would not sustain in the long run as process
development is the necessary condition en route to industrial
commercialization. Based on qualitative interviews with 31
biotech companies and experts, we test a framework with technological, operational and organizational
boundary conditions influencing the transfer between product and process
development. Our results uncover two additional dimensions: relational and market
determinants. We further identify uncertainties in the transfer and investigate
if standardization can mitigate these uncertainties and eventually facilitate
the integration of product and process development. We find that
standardization is a beneficial mechanism for successful integration of the
front end of process development activities. The present investigation
contributes to the understanding of standards as a knowledge and technology transfer
instrument for complex and critical development activities.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1097–1133 |
Journal | Journal of Technology Transfer |
Volume | 44 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Keywords
- New product development
- Process development
- Biotechnology
- Standardization
- Integrated product development
- Uncertainty