Appropriability as the driver of internationalization of service-oriented firms

Hurmelinna‐Laukkanen, Pia; Ritala, Paavo

doi:10.1080/02642069.2012.662490

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“…Knowledge protection is separate from other strategic activities. Knowledge protection mechanisms and practices can be broadly divided into two categories: formal and informal (see Lawson et al, 2012;Hurmelinna-Laukkanen and Ritala, 2012). The formal protection mechanisms include intellectual property protection, contracts and other formal means to protect knowledge, and they facilitate its firm-specific appropriability (Teece, 1986).…”

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Assessing the universality of knowledge management practices

Hussinki

Kianto

Vanhala

et al. 2017

JKM

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Purpose This paper aims to contribute to the emerging discussion on the contextualization of knowledge-oriented research by examining the universality of knowledge management (KM) practices. Knowledge is a firm’s most valuable resource, and KM, or the ability to leverage knowledge resources, constitutes the base for the firm’s competitive advantages. Design/methodology/approach A theorized ten-fold conceptualization of KM practices is tested on a sample of 622 firms from four countries (Finland, Spain, China and Russia). Confirmatory factor analysis and principal component analysis are used to test the applicability of the concept in various country contexts. Findings The findings provide interesting evidence of variation in the managerial assessment of KM practices among countries. This shows that KM practices are socially embedded phenomena, affected by the managers’ institutional and cultural contexts. Research limitations/implications Researchers and managers are advised to be mindful of the differences in terms of KM practices between the studied countries and to display a certain cultural sensitivity when approaching KM. Originality/value The paper is the first to examine the managerially assessed structure of KM practices in a cross-country context with multi-firm datasets. The results will help to determine the similarity of KM practices in four economically and culturally distinct countries. It also adds to the discussion about the potential national peculiarities of KM and provides a novel concept of KM practices, which is tested in a cross-national context. Thus, this study provides an outline for future KM studies and increases managerial understanding about the variety of value-creating KM practices.

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Section: Knowledge Protectionmentioning

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Assessing the universality of knowledge management practices

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Vanhala

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“…We measured innovation performance with three items adopted from Ferreras-Méndez, Newell, Fernández-Mesa, and Alegre (2015) and Su and Linderman (2016). We measured breadth of absorptive capacity with four items based on Jaworski and Kohli (1993), Jansen, Van Den Bosch, and Volberda (2006), Hurmelinna-Laukkanen and Ritala (2012), and Prabhu, Chandy, and Ellis (2005). We measured depth of absorptive capacity with four items based on Burt (1992), Lin and Wu (2010), and Jansen, Van Den Bosch, and Volberda (2006).…”

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“… 1 WTS and STS are adopted from Paliokaitė and Pačėsa (2015); KB and KD are adopted from Zhou and Li (2012); R&DE is adopted from Kim, Im, and Slater (2013); BACAP item 1 is based on Jaworski and Kohli(1993), BACAP item 2 is based on Jansen, Van Den Bosch, and Volberda (2006), BACAP item 3 is based on Hurmelinna-Laukkanen and Ritala, (2012), BACAP item 4 is based on Prabhu, Chandy, and Ellis (2005); DACAP item 1 is based on Burt(1992), DACAP items 2 and 3 are based on Jansen, Van Den Bosch, and Volberda (2006), DACAP item 4 is based on Lin and Wu (2010); IP is adopted from Ferreras-Méndez et al (2015) and Su and Linderman (2016). …”

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Antecedents and outcomes of breadth and depth of absorptive capacity: An empirical study

Zou

Guo

2017

Journal of Management & Organization

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Although previous studies have considered the antecedents and outcomes of absorptive capacity, much remains to be learned on this subject. Firms need to absorb breadth and depth of knowledge and form absorptive capacities that are contingent on various social capitals to improve innovation and performance. The purpose of this study is to explore the antecedents and outcomes of the breadth and depth of absorptive capacity from the perspective of social capital theory. Based on a sample of 218 Chinese firms, empirical results suggest that weak tie sources and knowledge breadth can enhance the breadth of absorptive capacity, and that strong tie sources and knowledge depth can strengthen the depth of absorptive capacity. The results also suggest that the breadth of absorptive capacity positively impacts the depth of absorptive capacity, and that both breadth and depth of absorptive capacity are positively related to innovation performance.

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“…The surveyed organizations represent different sectors, including one manufacturing organization, one media company, four organizations in leisure and recreation, and three other services organizations. For the purposes of this study, we distinguish manufacturing and service-oriented organizations, as innovation and international activities of these firms can differ (Hurmelinna-Laukkanen & Ritala, 2012;Maskus, 2008). For practical reasons, the dissemination of the survey questionnaires within the firms was done by the firm top managers.…”

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The contradictory role of humor in international competitiveness and innovativeness

Yang

Hurmelinna‐Laukkanen

Oikarinen

2019

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This study explores the relationships among the use of different types of humor (affiliative, aggressive, reframing, and coping humor)—both among immediate co-workers (“ingroup”), and with actors external to the firm (“outgroup”), international competitiveness, as well as innovativeness. An exploratory study based on survey data suggests that humor, when connections exist, is negatively related to international competitive potential and performance. Whether or not these negative effects emerge, depends on with whom and which type of humor is used. However, the situation is not straightforward: innovativeness is positively related to international competitiveness, and to innovativeness, humor types relate in different ways, some positive, some negative. Overall, humor seems to play a relevant, but challenging-to-manage role especially in settings where borders—organizational or national—are crossed: Humor that works as a lubricant for innovation processes, does not necessarily work directly in advancing international competitiveness.

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Appropriability as the driver of internationalization of service-oriented firms

Cited by 17 publications

References 68 publications

Assessing the universality of knowledge management practices

Assessing the universality of knowledge management practices

Antecedents and outcomes of breadth and depth of absorptive capacity: An empirical study

The contradictory role of humor in international competitiveness and innovativeness

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