Appropriability Strategies to Capture Value from Innovation
Technological Innovation: Generating Economic Results
ISBN: 978-1-78635-238-5, eISBN: 978-1-78635-237-8
Publication date: 2 August 2016
Abstract
This chapter explores the extent to which an innovator is able to capture innovation rents. After examining the two main drivers of such rents, the strength of the appropriability regime and the ownership of specialized complementary assets, the chapter examines how their interaction is so critical in affecting imitation, commercialization options, and firm performance. After reviewing the underlying conceptual framework and empirical evidence, and using a perspective that cuts across both time and industries, the authors then discuss the implications of innovation profits for the resources to be devoted to the discovery of new or improved product and processes.
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Acknowledgements
Acknowledgments
Rothaermel gratefully acknowledges financial support from National Science Foundation Grant SES 0545544 (CAREER Award). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
Citation
Ceccagnoli, M. and Rothaermel, F.T. (2016), "Appropriability Strategies to Capture Value from Innovation", Technological Innovation: Generating Economic Results (Advances in the Study of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Growth, Vol. 26), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 3-31. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1048-473620160000026001
Publisher
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