Value appropriation as an organizational capability: the case of IP protection through patents
研究提出并检验了一个理论框架，说明在获取专利保护的过程中，跨职能参与程度如何影响价值占有能力，发现中等水平的跨职能参与比过高或过低的功能专业化更能快速获得专利保护。
Abstract We develop and test a theoretical framework that describes the organizational antecedents of value appropriation capabilities in the context of obtaining patent protection. We argue that intermediate levels of cross‐functional involvement across intellectual property (IP) generation, protection, and utilization activities outperform very high or very low levels of functional specialization in terms of obtaining rapid patent protection; while these activities are distinct enough to generate gains from specialization, there are also significant gains to be generated by coordinating across them, which cross‐functional involvement achieves. Using a unique dataset that combines survey and patent (application) data, and multiple estimation techniques, we test and find support for our arguments. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.