VALUE APPROPRIATION AS AN ORGANIZATIONAL CAPABILITY: THE CASE OF IP PROTECTION THROUGH PATENTS

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Reitzig, Markus; Puranam, Phanish
• 署名单位: University of London; London Business School
• 刊物名称: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0143-2095
• DOI: 10.1002/smj.761
• 发表日期: 2009
• 页码: 765-789
• 关键词: intellectual property value chain; patents; COORDINATION

摘要

We develop and test a theoretical framework that describes the organizational antecedents of value appropriation capabilities in the context of obtaining patent protection. We argue that intermediate levels of cross-functional involvement across intellectual property (IP) generation, protection, and utilization activities outperform very high or very low levels of functional specialization in terms of obtaining rapid patent protection; while these activities are distinct enough to generate gains from specialization, there are also significant gains to be generated by, coordinating across them, which cross-functional involvement achieves. Using a unique dataset that combines survey, and patent (application) data, and multiple estimation techniques, we test and find support for our arguments. Copyright (C) 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.