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Title: How open is too open? The mitigating role of appropriation mechanisms in R&D cooperation settings
Authors: Veer, Theresa
LORENZ, Annika 
Blind, Knut
Issue Date: 2016
Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL
Source: R & D MANAGEMENT, 46(S3), p. 1113-1128
Abstract: In this article, we investigate the influence of firms' R&D cooperation activities on their likelihood to experience imitation. Analyses of firm-level survey data concerning the R&D cooperation behavior of 2,797 German firms reveal that companies engaging in R&D cooperation face significantly more imitation than their peers that do not cooperate on R&D. Further, we show that cooperation with all potential collaboration partner types except universities and research institutions and in all phases of the innovation process increases the risk of imitation. While we find evidence that intellectual property rights (IPR) generally work well as governance mechanisms moderating the relationship between R&D cooperation and imitation, contracts do not. Hence, IPR apparently provide better protection against imitation than contracts. Our findings indicate that the risks associated with firms' increased engagement in R&D cooperation could eventually harm the production of new knowledge.
Notes: [Veer, Theresa] Univ Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany. [Lorenz, Annika] Hasselt Univ, Fac Business Econ, Dept Mkt & Strategy, Martelarenlaan 42, B-3500 Hasselt, Belgium. [Lorenz, Annika; Blind, Knut] Tech Univ Berlin, Fac Econ & Management, Chair Innovat Econ Marchstr 23, D-10587 Berlin, Germany.
Keywords: R&D cooperation; imitation; intellectual property; innovation process; governance mechanisms
Document URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1942/22844
ISSN: 0033-6807
e-ISSN: 1467-9310
DOI: 10.1111/radm.12232
ISI #: 000387214100012
Rights: (c) 2016 RADMA and John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Category: A1
Type: Journal Contribution
Validations: ecoom 2017
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