Nasirov, Shukhrat and Gokh, Irina and Filippaios, Fragkiskos (2022) Technological radicalness, R&D internationalization, and the moderating effect of intellectual property protection. Journal of Business Research, 145. pp. 215-227. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.02.079
Nasirov, Shukhrat and Gokh, Irina and Filippaios, Fragkiskos (2022) Technological radicalness, R&D internationalization, and the moderating effect of intellectual property protection. Journal of Business Research, 145. pp. 215-227. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.02.079
Nasirov, Shukhrat and Gokh, Irina and Filippaios, Fragkiskos (2022) Technological radicalness, R&D internationalization, and the moderating effect of intellectual property protection. Journal of Business Research, 145. pp. 215-227. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.02.079
Abstract
Drawing on insights from the resource-based view of the firm, this paper examines the link between the radicalness of the firm's technologies and the extent of its exploitation and exploration R&D activities abroad, with an additional focus on the level of the host country's intellectual property (IP) protection as a force moderating this link. It uses information about greenfield foreign direct investment by 185 U.S. publicly-traded manufacturing firms in the period 2003–2013 to demonstrate that technological radicalness is positively associated with the number of exploration and exploitation R&D projects. While the level of IP protection is shown to have a moderating effect, this is nuanced: firms with more radical technologies pursue more exploration R&D projects in countries with stronger IP protection; in turn, the number of exploitation R&D projects is driven by those undertaken in countries with weaker IP protection. The findings have both managerial and policy implications.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Technological radicalness; R&D internationalization; Intellectual property protection; Exploration vs. exploitation; Manufacturing companies |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Essex Business School Faculty of Social Sciences > Essex Business School > Strategy, Operations and Entrepreneurship |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 14 Mar 2025 15:54 |
Last Modified: | 14 Mar 2025 15:55 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/40183 |
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