Appropriability and the retrieval of knowledge after spillovers

• Main Authors: ALNUAIMI, Tufool, GEORGE, Gerard
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2016
• Subjects: Appropriability; technological complexity; coupling; knowledge retrieval; patents; innovation; patent citations; organization design; Business; Strategic Management Policy; Technology and Innovation
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/4693; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/5692/viewcontent/auto_convert.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Firms create and capture value through innovation. In technology-driven firms, there has been an explicit emphasis on appropriability through imitation deterrence and cumulative inventions that build on prior firm innovation. We introduce systematic empirical evidence for a third mechanism of approp...