This study systematically reviews 200 articles published over the past three decades to
reveal how appropriability and appropriation have been explained and how those …

The appropriability regime represents a combination of available and effective means of
protecting intangibles and innovations, their profitability, and the increased rents due to …

The adoption of open innovation creates a dilemma for firms. On one hand, a commitment to
openness facilitates the flow of knowledge between firms, with this flow (generally) …

How firms capture value from their innovations has long interested strategy and innovation
scholars. Prior work has focused on legal, economic, and social mechanisms for isolating …

This paper analyses how firms' degree of openness and innovativeness influence their use
of formal and informal appropriation mechanisms. Patents, trademarks, copyrights, and …

Conventional wisdom argues that appropriating returns from innovation requires protection
mechanisms. However, there will be limits to the effectiveness of formal and informal …

Purpose–Recent research and practice have put a great deal of effort into finding efficient
ways of managing and organizing to promote innovation within organizations. This study …

There is to date abundant evidence about the way openness-performance liaisons are
shaped, yet parallel streams of research point towards an intricate relationship between …

How do innovators in large organizations acquire resources for their early-stage, untested,
unproven innovations? Multiple established projects compete for scarce resources in large …

Product innovation research adopts a rational choice perspective to examine resource
allocation decisions for product innovation. This research emphasizes strategic alignment …