Determinants of demand for technology in relationships with complementary assets among Japanese firms

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ID12917776
AuthorsMasayo Kani (Tezukayama University), Kazuyuki Motohashi (0000-0003-0985-5331, The University of Tokyo, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume10
Issue2
Pages244-262
Publication date2017-05-04
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueChina Economic Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1753-8963 • E-ISSN: 1753-8971
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17538963.2017.1320048
OpenAlexW2610521068
LanguageEN
References cited27

There has been growing interest in open innovation by firms creating new value by combining internal and external ideas. Technology insourcing, however, has not been satisfactorily investigated compared to technology outsourcing in empirical literature. In this paper, we examine the determinants of external technology sourcing by types of the counterpart in new product development (NPD). We use a novel dataset at the product level, conducted by RIETI in 2011. We highlight cases in which a technology partner is also a business partner, such as a supplier or customer, from those where this is not the case. In contrast, in cases when a technology partner is not a business partner, patents play an important role in moderating transaction costs in partnerships. In contrast, in cases when a technology partner is also a business partner, we found a pattern of co-specialization of managerial resources with the partner firm.Abbreviations: B2B: Business to business; NPD: New product development; RBV: Resource-based view

Business · Competitive advantage · Industrial organization · Insourcing · New product development · Outsourcing · Product (mathematics · Resource (disambiguation · Resource-Based View · Transaction cost · Value (mathematics · Computer Science · Digital Platforms and Economics · Firm Innovation and Growth · Innovation and Knowledge Management · Marketing

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