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The dynamics of innovation modes: Appropriability Strategy and Innovation Performance

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  • Alejandro Bello-Pintado

    (Universidad Pública de Navarra)

  • Carlos Bianchi

    (Universidad de la República (Uruguay). Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y de Administración. Instituto de Economía)

  • Sofía Maio

    (Universidad de la República (Uruguay). Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y de Administración. Instituto de Economía)

Abstract

This study examines how innovation modes, STI (Science and Technology-based Innovation), DUI (Innovation based on learning-by-Doing, learning-by-Using, learning by-Interacting) and their combination, shape firms’ use of formal and informal intellectual property protection mechanisms (IPPM) and influence product innovation performance. Using panel data from the National Innovation Activities Survey (2010 2021) of Uruguay, results show that STI drives formal IPPM and enhances innovation likelihood and novelty, while DUI fosters informal IPPM with limited impact on innovation outcomes. However, combined STI-DUI strategies generate coordination tensions, constraining innovation performance

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  • Alejandro Bello-Pintado & Carlos Bianchi & Sofía Maio, 2026. "The dynamics of innovation modes: Appropriability Strategy and Innovation Performance," Documentos de Trabajo (working papers) 02-26, Instituto de Economía - IECON.
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    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
    • O54 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Latin America; Caribbean

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