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Don’t Get Caught on the Wrong Foot: A Resource-Based Perspective on Imitation Threats in Innovation Partnerships

In: Managing Innovation Internationalization of Innovation

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  • Foege J. Nils
  • Erk P. Piening
  • Torsten-Oliver Salge

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Innovation partnerships can be a double-edged sword. While they are important vehicles for learning and value creation, such partnerships also increase a firm’s vulnerability to unintended knowledge leakage and imitation by others. In this study, we go beyond previous research by studying the imitation threats induced by innovation partnership portfolios rather than individual alliances. Drawing on the resource-based view, we develop and test a model that links salient structural attributes of partnership portfolios and distinct forms of imitation. Results from our analysis of 803 German manufacturing firms support our prediction that a firm’s probability of being imitated increases with the partnership variety of its portfolio. We also find that firms can mitigate this threat by carefully selecting innovation partners and using appropriation mechanisms.

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  • Foege J. Nils & Erk P. Piening & Torsten-Oliver Salge, 2019. "Don’t Get Caught on the Wrong Foot: A Resource-Based Perspective on Imitation Threats in Innovation Partnerships," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Alexander Brem & Joe Tidd & Tugrul Daim (ed.), Managing Innovation Internationalization of Innovation, chapter 7, pages 153-195, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:wschap:9781786346551_0007
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    Keywords

    Innovation Management; Technology Management; Innovation Success; Crowd; International Innovation;
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    JEL classification:

    • O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives

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