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Author: | Leiponen, A. |
Title: | Control of intellectual assets in client relationships: Implications for innovation |
Journal: | Strategic Management Journal
2008 : DEC, VOL. 29:13, p. 1371-1394 |
Index terms: | knowledge innovation intellectual capital property rights theories business-to-business service companies Nordic countries Finland |
Freeterms: | supply relationships |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | This study of business-to-business (B2B) service firms empirically explores the determinants and effects of control rights to intellectual assets in a property rights theoretic framework. Using regression analyses and based on survey data, it is suggested that service suppliers retaining control over their intellectual output are more innovative. Hence, in long-term, service firms' clients may be better off balancing their need to control outsourced activities with the suppliers' incentives to invest in learning and innovation. |
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