Knowledge spillovers through inventor mobility: the effect on firm-level patenting

Rahko, Jaana

doi:10.1007/s10961-016-9494-3

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“…knowledge inflows and outflows), which reflects the dynamic interaction between knowledge inflows and outflows. Based on a unique data set from NBA, our findings show that knowledge inflows under the quality dimension of knowledge impact positively on playoffs performance (Phase 2); knowledge outflows under the quantity dimension of knowledge negatively impact on two-phase performance, these two findings are consistent with Rahko’s (2017) study. However, we also find that knowledge flows have non-linear effects on performance, which enriches the existing literature focusing on its linear effects (DeCarolis and Deeds, 1999).…”

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confidence: 88%

“…This study differs from previous literature, as shown in Table 1. First, in comparison to existing research, a large number of literature, which focus on the relationship between knowledge flows and performance outcomes often examine the impact of knowledge inflows, ignoring the impact of knowledge outflows (Han et al , 2018; Lai et al , 2016; Rahko, 2017). For example, Mom et al (2007) reported the effects of knowledge inflows on exploitation and exploration.…”

Section: Theoretical Background and Hypothesismentioning

confidence: 99%

“…We still know much less about the interactive effects of knowledge inflows and outflows on performance outcomes (Cassiman and Valentini, 2016; Rahko, 2017). Research on the interaction between knowledge inflows and outflows and their effects on performance outcomes (especially in the different phases) needs to consider the quantity and quality characteristics of knowledge simultaneously.…”

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confidence: 99%

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An ambidexterity perspective toward configurations of knowledge flows: an empirical testing of its two-phase performance implications

Liu

Wang

2020

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how knowledge inflows and outflows interact to affect performance outcomes. Though previous studies have dealt with knowledge inflows and outflows, the quality and quantity characteristics of knowledge are often not taken into account, thus leaving a research gap with regards to the effect of their interactions on performance outcomes. Design/methodology/approach Based on Poisson regression analysis, this quantitative study fills the aforementioned research gaps by analyzing the ambidextrous configurations of knowledge flows from an ambidexterity perspective and examines their effects on two-phase performance (i.e. regular season and playoffs), using a longitudinal data set of National Basketball Association transactions from the 2003-2004 to 2014-2015 season. Findings The results suggest that the complementarity between knowledge inflows and outflows along the quality and quantity dimensions of knowledge, respectively, has a positive impact on two-phase performance, while the imbalance between knowledge inflows and outflows under the quality and quantity dimensions of knowledge, respectively, has a negative impact on playoffs performance (Phase 2). These findings suggest that organizations can balance knowledge inflows and outflows under a single quality or quantity dimension of knowledge. Furthermore, the interaction between the quantity of the inflows of knowledge and the quality of the outflows of knowledge and the interaction between the quality of the inflows of knowledge and the quantity of the outflows of knowledge are both positively related to two-phase performance. These findings suggest that organizations can balance knowledge inflows and outflows across quality and quantity dimensions of knowledge. Finally, the effects of the interaction between knowledge inflows and outflows on playoffs performance are greater than regular-season. Practical implications Organizations should leverage ambidexterity to manage/balance knowledge inflows and outflows across quality and quantity dimensions, further enhancing performance outcomes. Originality/value This study, first, provides new insights into knowledge flows by distinguishing between the quality and quantity of knowledge, the inflows and outflows of knowledge, constructing ambidextrous configurations of knowledge flows from an ambidexterity perspective. Second, it contributes to the relationship between knowledge flows and organizational performance by revealing how ambidextrous configurations of knowledge flows exert different effects on performance outcomes. Third, it adds to the literature of ambidexterity-performance relationships and expands it to the context of sports.

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Section: Theoretical Background and Hypothesismentioning

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An ambidexterity perspective toward configurations of knowledge flows: an empirical testing of its two-phase performance implications

Liu

Wang

2020

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“…While this is partially compensated by the generally lower spillovers inherent to tacitness, there is a key channel for the transfer of nonpatented and tacit knowledge: the interfirm mobility of firms' scientists and engineers, which allows for personal interaction and experience replication (Kim and Marschke, 2005;Agarwal et al, 2009;Schmiele, 2013;Tambe and Hitt, 2014;Rahko, 2017). These risks of knowledge spillovers from foreign R&D operations of multinational firms to local firms are not easily combatted by stricter policies and enforcement related to patents, which focus on patented technologies.…”

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Patent protection and foreign R&D investment location choices: inventor mobility and policy convergence

Park

Belderbos

2022

Industrial and Corporate Change

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We suggest two boundary conditions for the positive role of patent protection in attracting inward foreign R&D investments. Patent protection is less effective in limiting the leakage of nonpatented knowledge through interfirm mobility of employees, and a gradual strengthening of patent protection worldwide diminishes its effect as countries get closer to the intellectual property rights (IPR) frontier. We provide evidence in an empirical analysis of 3393 multinational firms’ R&D location choices for 8015 greenfield R&D investments in 105 (potential) host countries, during 2003–2014. The relationship between R&D investment location choices and IPR protection is subject to declining marginal effects and negatively moderated by inventor mobility.

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“…Labor mobility is a key mechanism in interfirm knowledge transfer (Song et al 2003;Lenzi 2010;Rahko 2017). When labor moves from one firm to another it transfers formal knowledge as well as tacit skills (Almeida and Kogut 1999).…”

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Labor mobility from R&D-intensive multinational companies: implications for knowledge and technology transfer

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Private sector R&D is largely concentrated in a few multinational companies (MNCs). The mobility of labor between these MNCs and the rest of the economy is therefore an important mechanism for the diffusion of knowledge and technology, but these flows are not without friction. This paper analyses in great detail the flow of labor between firms with specific emphasis on flows to and from R&D intensive MNCs. Using linked employer-employee data for Denmark, we match employees moving from R&D intensive MNCs to other employees switching jobs. We find that employees are more inclined to move between R&D intensive MNCs and their subsidiaries rather than between these firms and other firms in the economy. This is particularly true for high skill employees. Our results suggest that other domestic firms are to a larger extent kept out of the 'knowledge spillover' loop, which provide them with fewer opportunities to learn from the R&D intensive MNCs. In other words, R&D intensive MNCs and their subsidiaries form a kind of sub-labor market within the national labor market; employees exhibit higher mobility within this group of firms than between this group and the rest of the labor market.

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Knowledge spillovers through inventor mobility: the effect on firm-level patenting

Cited by 18 publications

References 62 publications

An ambidexterity perspective toward configurations of knowledge flows: an empirical testing of its two-phase performance implications

An ambidexterity perspective toward configurations of knowledge flows: an empirical testing of its two-phase performance implications

Patent protection and foreign R&D investment location choices: inventor mobility and policy convergence

Labor mobility from R&D-intensive multinational companies: implications for knowledge and technology transfer

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