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MarcelaMiozzoResearchinterests1.Servicefirms:capabilities,strategyandstructure,outsourcing,internationalisation,operationinDCsandLDCsProjectsAnglo-GermanFoundation‘High-techbusinessservicesinGermanyandtheUK’2003BritishAcademyLargerResearchgrant‘ThedevelopmentalroleofknowledgeintensivebusinessservicesinArgentinaandBrazil’2004-2005ESRC‘Servicemultinationalenterpriseacquisitionsandlinkagesinemergingeconomies’,2005-2008ESRC,‘Usingintellectualpropertyprotectiontocapturevaluefrominnovationinknowledge-intensiveservicefirms’,2012-2013.1SelectedpublicationsservicesfirmsMiozzo,M.andYamin,M.(2012)‘Institutionalandsectoraldeterminantsofheadquarters-subsidiaryrelations:astudyofUKservicemultinationalsinChina,Korea,BrazilandArgentina’,LongRangePlanning,45,16-40.Massini,S.andMiozzo,M.(2012)‘Outsourcingandoffshoringofbusinessservices:challengestotheory,managementandgeographyofinnovation’,RegionalStudies,46(9),1219-1242.Miozzo,M.andGrimshaw,D.(2011)‘Capabilitiesoflargeservicesoutsourcingfirms:the‘outsourcingplusstafftransfermodel’inEDSandIBM’,IndustrialandCorporateChange,20,3,909-940.Grimshaw,D.andMiozzo,M.(2006)‘InstitutionaleffectsonthemarketforIToutsourcing:analysingclients,suppliersandstafftransferinGermanyandtheUK’,OrganisationStudies,27,9,1229-1259.Miozzo,M.andGrimshaw,D.(2005)‘Modularityandinnovationinknowledge-intensivebusinessservices:IToutsourcinginGermanyandtheUK’,ResearchPolicy,34,9,1419-1439.Miozzo,M.andSoete,L.(2001)‘Internationalisationofservices:atechnologicalperspective’,TechnologicalForecastingandSocialChange,67,2,159-185.2Researchinterests2.Sciencebasedfirms:mergersandacquisitions,institutionaleffectsonearlyfirmformation,openinnovationandgovernanceProjectsInstituteforSmallBusinessandEntrepreneurship/ESRCResearchandKnowledgeExchangeRAKEgrant,‘Docrossborderacquisitionsaffectlocalandregionalknowledgecreation,exchangeandspillovers?:ananalysisofknowledge-intensivefirmsintheUK’,2010ESRCFollowonFunding,‘Fundinggaportrap?Effectofforeignacquisitionsofscience-basedfirmsonlocalknowledgetransferandspillovers’,2011ORA(ESRC,NSF,DFG),‘Comparativeentrepreneurship:developmentofearlytechnologicalandorganizationalcapabilitiesofnewhightechfirms”(UK,USAandGermany),2014-2017?3Openinnovationandgovernance:Innovationpartnershipsbetweenindustryanduniversityinscience-basedsectorsMarcelaMiozzoManchesterBusinessSchool,UniversityofManchester,UK(jointresearchwithSteveCasperKeckGraduateInstitute,USA)MotivationandaimsofresearchOverthepast25yearspharmaceuticalcompanieshavespent$billionsonlong-termpartnershipswithleadinguniversitiesManypartnershipsfailedtoproduceimportantpatentableinnovationsforpharmaceuticalfirmsAimsoftheresearch:understandrelationbetweenopeninnovationandgovernance(incompletecontractingchallenges)showhowdifferenttypesofindustry-universitypartnershipsneedthecreationofvaryinggovernancearrangements,intermsofformalandinformalcontractualmechanismsusedtomanagepartnershipsTheoreticalbackground1Openinnovationandgovernance:OpeninnovationhelpsexplainwhencollaborationorcontractingfortechnologyandR&Dcanimprovetheinnovativeperformanceoffirms(Chesbrough2003;WestandBogers,2011).Literaturetendstofocusonhowtoacquireanexistinginnovationfromanexternalsource,contractualissuesareoftenofashort-term,transactionalnature(HagedoornandRidder,2012).Wefocusonthegovernanceofthecreationofinnovationinanopeninnovationcontext.Mostoftheliteratureonopeninnovationisconcernedwiththesearchforexternalsourcesofinnovation(thatis,theidentificationofexternalpartnerswhichhavealreadydevelopedaninnovationandaccesstothisinnovation).Wefocusonopeninnovationinscience-basedsectors.Science-basedsectorsfaceprolongedperiodsofriskyinvestmentinresearchanduncertainoutcomes.Theoreticalbackground2Contractsandinnovation,approachestoincompletecontracting:Importanceoflegallyenforceablecontracts:creationofmoresophisticatedlegalarrangementse.g.priceescalatordevicesinlong-termsuppliercontracts(Schwartz,1992;EasterbrookandFischel,1991).Importanceofrelationalgovernance:socialnormscreatedwithinthecontextoflong-termrelations(MacNeil,1978;Lamoreauxetal.,2003;Ellickson,1991),‘learningbymonitoring’(Sabel,1993),partiesmaystructureprocessesoftechnicalcollaborationinwaysthatgeneratetherelationalcontractingnormsneededtocollaboratesuccessfully.‘Contractingforinnovation’:‘braiding’oflegallyenforceablecontractsandinformalorrelationalpracticestosupportcollaboration.Particularcontractsforinnovationcreateaprocessfortheregularandmutualexchangeofinformationabouteachparty’scompetencesandwillingnesstocollaborate,bindingthemtoimpreciselydefinedcommonprojectsthroughincreasedswitchingcosts(Gilsonetal.,2009;2010).MethodsInterviewswithalliancemanagers,bothfromindustryanduniversity,andseniormanagersofpharmaceuticalfirmsSecondary:pressarticles,programreviews(UCBerkeley-Novartis)Patentandbibliometricdata(USPTOandWebofScience)MethodsKeyroleoffourdimensionsofgovernance:•whetherthereisco-locationornot•thetypeoffundingprovidedbypharmaceuticalfirms•thetypeofagreementonintellectualproperty•thetypesofcontractingInnovationp