THE SECOND FACE OF APPROPRIABILITY: GENERATIVE APPROPRIABILITY AND ITS DETERMINANTS

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Ahuja, Gautam; Lampert, Curba Morris; Novell, Elena
• 署名单位: University of Michigan System; University of Michigan; State University System of Florida; Florida International University; City St Georges, University of London
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0363-7425
• DOI: 10.5465/amr.2010.0290
• 发表日期: 2013
• 页码: 248-269
• 关键词: research-and-development; absorptive-capacity; CAUSAL AMBIGUITY; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; KNOWLEDGE; INNOVATION; ORGANIZATION; management; exploration; performance

摘要

We distinguish between two forms of appropriability: primary appropriability-effectiveness in exploiting inventions as problem-solving mechanisms and capturing a share of their profits-and generative appropriability-effectiveness in exploiting inventions as concepts and capturing a share of the future inventions they spawn. Recognizing that generative appropriability has two components-cumulative invention and preclusion of others-we identify its key managerially manipulable determinants and discuss the implications of the construct for the literature on the resource-based view and the literature on organizational learning.