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Appropriability as the driver of internationalization of service-oriented firms

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  • Pia Hurmelinna-Laukkanen
  • Paavo Ritala

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An important factor facilitating the internationalization of product-oriented companies is an appropriability regime allowing a firm to become the sole or dominant provider of specific products. The challenge for service firms is that many appropriability mechanisms, such as patents, are traditionally targeted at protecting tangible products and processes from imitation. In this study, we address this issue and examine the role of appropriability conditions as a facilitator of internationalization in the service sector. The results collected from the analysis of 209 firms suggest that a strong appropriability regime (especially in terms of formal mechanisms) positively affects the internationalization of service industry firms.

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  • Pia Hurmelinna-Laukkanen & Paavo Ritala, 2012. "Appropriability as the driver of internationalization of service-oriented firms," The Service Industries Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 32(7), pages 1039-1056, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:servic:v:32:y:2012:i:7:p:1039-1056
    DOI: 10.1080/02642069.2012.662490
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    1. Denicolai, Stefano & Zucchella, Antonella & Strange, Roger, 2014. "Knowledge assets and firm international performance," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 23(1), pages 55-62.
    2. Emanuel Bagna & Enrico Cotta Ramusino & Stefano Denicolai, 2021. "Innovation through Patents and Intangible Assets: Effects on Growth and Profitability of European Companies," JOItmC, MDPI, vol. 7(4), pages 1-19, November.
    3. Denitsa Hazarbassanova Blagoeva & Peter D. Ørberg Jensen & Hemant Merchant, 2020. "Services in International Business Studies: A Replication and Extension of Merchant and Gaur (2008)," Management International Review, Springer, vol. 60(3), pages 427-457, June.

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