Núm. 47 (2017)
Artículos

Estrategias de apropiación en contextos de colaboración público-privada en la biotecnología argentina

Vladimiro Verre
Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento
Darío Milesi
Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento
Natalia Petelski
Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento
Publicado diciembre 1, 2017
Palabras clave
  • Apropiación,
  • innovación,
  • biofarmacéutico,
  • colaboración en I D,
  • conocimiento

Resumen

La actividad innovadora es crítica para una empresa, así como la posibilidad de beneficiarse de sus resultados. Para alcanzar dicho objetivo las firmas elaboran una estrategia de apropiación, basada en el uso de varios mecanismos de apropiación existentes. Este trabajo estudia nueve firmas del sector biofarmacéutico argentino, que se caracteriza por una intensa actividad innovadora que es intrínsecamente cooperativa, ya que las firmas recurren sistemáticamente a fuentes externas y públicas de conocimiento. La colaboración público-privada genera necesariamente efectos sobre las estrategias de apropiación de las empresas, que deben considerar riesgos y ventajas implícitos en un proceso de innovación de tales características. Los rasgos que asume la colaboración entre las partes son críticos para identificar las especificidades de la relación entre colaboración y apropiación, en un sector intensivo en ciencia y tecnología que es estratégico para Argentina por las capacidades acumuladas a nivel científico y empresarial.

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