This study is framed in the resource-based view of the firm. Among the many resource-related factors that influence a firm's organizational competitive advantages and business performance is its ability to innovate, to improve existing processes and products, and to produce new goods and services for the marketplace. The realization of the firm's primary role as a knowledge creator, as well as knowledge applicator, has led to knowledge-based theories of the firm, where RD intensive technology companies generate, accumulate and apply scientific and technical knowledge to produce incremental or breakthrough technological innovations.This paper presents the results of an empirical study of worldwide quantitative data on corporate research outputs. The research was carried out in partnership with E-business Lab of the Columbia University (New York). The results suggest that the balance is shifting in favour of knowledge protection and appropriation, rather than production and dissemination. In the first section we elaborate on the relevant concepts and economic issues associated with this "knowledge flow balance" in the corporate research sector. In the second section the main features of the information sources and analysis methods are described. The main findings are presented in third section, followed by tentative conclusions and some cautionary remarks.
Innovation In The Resource Based View: Cooperation Or Protection Between Firms?
PIRONTI, Marco
2006-01-01
Abstract
This study is framed in the resource-based view of the firm. Among the many resource-related factors that influence a firm's organizational competitive advantages and business performance is its ability to innovate, to improve existing processes and products, and to produce new goods and services for the marketplace. The realization of the firm's primary role as a knowledge creator, as well as knowledge applicator, has led to knowledge-based theories of the firm, where RD intensive technology companies generate, accumulate and apply scientific and technical knowledge to produce incremental or breakthrough technological innovations.This paper presents the results of an empirical study of worldwide quantitative data on corporate research outputs. The research was carried out in partnership with E-business Lab of the Columbia University (New York). The results suggest that the balance is shifting in favour of knowledge protection and appropriation, rather than production and dissemination. In the first section we elaborate on the relevant concepts and economic issues associated with this "knowledge flow balance" in the corporate research sector. In the second section the main features of the information sources and analysis methods are described. The main findings are presented in third section, followed by tentative conclusions and some cautionary remarks.
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