The moderating effect of innovation protection mechanisms on the competitiveness of service firms

Insu Cho; Heejun Park; Joseph Kichul Kim

doi:10.1007/s11628-012-0140-3

The moderating effect of innovation protection mechanisms on the competitiveness of service firms

Insu Cho, Heejun Park, Joseph Kichul Kim

Department of Industrial Engineering

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Abstract

This empirical study examines the effectiveness of innovation protection mechanisms (IPMs) in capturing returns from innovation in service firms. To identify their effects, we set five types of IPMs (patents, other intellectual property rights, speed to market, secrecy, and complementary resources) as a moderator of the relationships between the innovation and firm competitiveness. Through a sample of service firms from the Korean Innovation Survey, the results of this study indicated that firm competitiveness cannot be influenced by service innovation alone but rather it is influenced by service innovation used in conjunction with IPMs other than patents. The results contribute to understanding innovation protection strategies for better competitiveness of service firms.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	369-386
Number of pages	18
Journal	Service Business
Volume	6
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11628-012-0140-3
Publication status	Published - 2012 Sept

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Acknowledgment This research was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (2011-0011109).

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