Does patenting help or hinder open innovation? Evidence from new entrants in the solar industry
Journal
Industrial and Corporate Change
ISSN
0960-6491
ISSN-Digital
1464-3650
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2016-04
Author(s)
Abstract
This article analyzes how the patent stock of new entrants in industries shaped by systemic innovations influences their subsequent openness in innovation. The results suggest that patenting increases new entrants’ number of open innovation relationships, on average. This association, however, varies across relationships of differing technology intensity. While the effect of patenting is strongly positive for technology-intensive relationships, it becomes weaker as the technology intensity decreases, and turns negative for least technology-intensive relationships.
Abstract (De)
This article analyzes how the patent stock of new entrants in industries shaped by systemic innovations influences their subsequent openness in innovation. The results suggest that patenting increases new entrants’ number of open innovation relationships, on average. This association, however, varies across relationships of differing technology intensity. While the effect of patenting is strongly positive for technology-intensive relationships, it becomes weaker as the technology intensity decreases, and turns negative for least technology-intensive relationships.
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
Industrial and Corporate Change
Volume
25
Number
3
Start page
307
End page
331
Subject(s)
Eprints ID
259714