APPROPRIABILITY PROFILES – DIFFERENT ACTORS, DIFFERENT OUTCOMES

Pia Hurmelinna-Laukkanen, Mika Vanhala () and Heidi Olander ()
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Pia Hurmelinna-Laukkanen: University of Oulu, Oulu Business School, P. O. Box 4600, FIN-90014 Oulu, Finland
Mika Vanhala: appeenranta University of Technology, School of Business and Management, P. O. Box 20, FIN-53851 Lappeenranta, Finland
Heidi Olander: appeenranta University of Technology, School of Business and Management, P. O. Box 20, FIN-53851 Lappeenranta, Finland

International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), 2016, vol. 20, issue 08, 1-26

Abstract: Compared to existing knowledge of innovation appropriability in general, or individual mechanisms contributing to value appropriation, little is known about the configurations of isolating appropriability mechanisms. Such configurations — appropriability profiles — may look quite different for different actors, and may generate quite different performance outcomes. We examine survey data from 167 firms and identify specific profiles among different actors: subtle, attained, and controlled appropriability. We further show that industry, presence in international markets, and firm goals for protection, for example, are important attributes of these profiles. The results also suggest that different profiles relate to different performance outcomes in the market, innovation, and alliance dimensions. These findings can help managers build appropriability profiles that genuinely match their characteristics and needs, thereby escaping the problems with under- or over-protection that can easily take place if, for example, only appropriation strategies building on individual mechanisms, such as patents, are followed.

Keywords: Innovation appropriability; appropriability profiles; performance; firm characteristics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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