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Interfirm Relationships and Appropriability Safe Nests in Global Nets Alberto Di Minin (C) 2012 Alberto Di Minin - Universiteit Groningen Workshop Organizing Innovation within and between firms 1 Di Minin, A., & Bianchi, M. 2011. Safe Nests in Global Nets: Internalization and Appropriability of R&D in Wireless Telecom. Journal of International Business Studies , 42(7): 910- 934.
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1. Interfirm Relationships and Appropriability Safe Nests in
Global Nets Alberto Di Minin Di Minin, A., & Bianchi, M. 2011.
Safe Nests in Global Nets:Internalization and Appropriability of
R&D in Wireless Telecom. Journal of International Business
Studies, 42(7): 910-934. (C) 2012 Alberto Di Minin - Universiteit
Groningen Workshop Organizing Innovation 1 within and between
firms
2. We claim to be students of innovationAPPROPRIABILITY
USER-LED INNOVATION (C) 2012 Alberto Di Minin - Universiteit
Groningen Workshop Organizing Innovation within and between
firms
3. Removing a safe assumption Appropriability is evenly
distributed across the corporate network (C) 2012 Alberto Di Minin
- Universiteit Groningen Workshop Organizing3 Innovation within and
between firms
4. My Starting Point: Patel and Pavitt The case of R&D Non
Globalization We expect to see greater internationalization of
large firms technological activities in the future Patel, P &
Pavitt, P. 1991 (C) 2012 Alberto Di Minin - Universiteit Groningen
Workshop Organizing4 Innovation within and between firms
5. Research Question 20 years after Can we find evidence of Non
Globalization? (C) 2012 Alberto Di Minin - Universiteit Groningen
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6. Wireless Telecom as an interesting case: all signs of
globalization Demand factors Deregulation and break-up of national
monopolies, new regional markets with local players demand and
tastes Supply factors Technological convergence, emerging/new
centers of excellence (Eastern Europe, China, India etc.), supply
of both high skilled and low cost engineers Intermediating factors
Interoperability and modularization, integration of technologies
developed worldwide (C) 2012 Alberto Di Minin - Universiteit
Groningen Workshop Organizing6 Innovation within and between
firms
7. but also an interesting area for Collaboration and Open
Innovation practices! Standardization of wireless communication
ETSI system of notification of patents as an analytical lens to
single out more significant inventive activity The 4 largest
assignees of ETSI essential patents: Ericsson, Qualcomm, Motorola,
Nokia: 64% of all essential patents USPTO (US) Patents Assigned to
the 4 Companies* SAMPLE (ES): CONTROL 537 USPTO GROUP (CG): PATENTS
1420 USPTO Int. Prot. PATENTS Patents in the same technology
Essential classes Patents * For US companies solely US patent
families excluded from analysis (C) 2012 Alberto Di Minin -
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between firms
8. Types of ETSI Standards mainly covered by the empirical
analysis DVB V5 Interface DECT GSM GPRS UMTS GSM/AMR-NB 3GPP/AMR-WB
TETRA 1980 1990 2000 (C) 2012 Alberto Di Minin - Universiteit
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9. Distribution of Patents (C) 2012 Alberto Di Minin -
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between firms
10. The main result (C) 2012 Alberto Di Minin - Universiteit
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11. Inferential Analysis Patel & Pavitt (C) 2012 Alberto Di
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within and between firms
12. Findings so far The Patel Pavitt paradox remains! In a very
globalized industry we still see strongly homebound inventive
activities once R&D is dissected by
economic/technological/strategic content Concentration in the
headquarters of the most strategic R&D Why is this happening?
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13. Why R&D does not decentralize so easily? Insights from
the company interviews Centres of Excellence argument In-house
R&D (DO patents) still remains important due to intrafirm
intermediating factors: Accumulated sticky knowledge at HQ,
organizational inertia Maturation effect and steep learning curves
in R&D internationalization Importance of centralized IP
management in this particular industry (C) 2012 Alberto Di Minin -
Universiteit Groningen Workshop Organizing13 Innovation within and
between firms
14. Islands of Appropriability argument An academic paper gets
published and cited not only because of its scientific
contribution, but also because of its effective structure and
communication style. The same details are also relevant when
drafting a patent, and are typically the responsibility of IP
experts. The closer you are with the people who end up using and
enforcing your patent, the more valuable for the company this
patent is likely to be. (C) 2012 Alberto Di Minin - Universiteit
Groningen Workshop Organizing14 Innovation within and between
firms
15. Islands of Appropriability Maturation of R&D Subsidiary
DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL R&D AND IP LOCAL EXPERTISE MANAGEMENT PLUG
INTO THE GLOBAL NETWORK Centers of Excellence Appropriable
Intrafirm Knowledge Safe Nests Relationships Mgmt. IP Mgmt. R&D
Mgmt. (C) 2012 Alberto Di Minin - Universiteit Groningen Workshop
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16. So what do we seek to find in a Safe Nest? R&D
laboratories that offer a desirable setting for a high level of
exploitation of research results Premier locations for the
development of the more influential technologies The unequal
distribution of appropriability across a firms R&D network is
at the base of the formation and reinforcement of safe nests
Appropriability peaks because the level of coordination between
inventors and IP managers is the highest (C) 2012 Alberto Di Minin
- Universiteit Groningen Workshop Organizing16 Innovation within
and between firms
17. Expectations about Safe Nests This central role is likely
to endure, and it contributes to organizational inertia, shaping
interfirm relationship and path dependence for technological
development 1. they are the sites where focal research streams were
initiated (knowledge stickiness). 2. they have moved further along
the R&D learning curve with respect to R&D subsidiaries. 3.
Location: not a monolithic concept. Yes the HQ, but not necessarily
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18. Special issue on Co-Edited Alberto + Dries California
Management Review IP Management: in search of new practices,
strategies and business models Supported by the European Patent
Office To be continued31.10.2012 18
19. Seeking for more evidence of Safe Nests (C) 2012 Alberto Di
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within and between firms
20. Di Minin, A., & Bianchi, M. 2011. Safe Nests in Global
Nets: Internalization and Appropriability of R&D in Wireless
Telecom. Journal of International Business Studies, 42(7): 910-934.
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