Patent-based framework for assisting entrepreneurial firms’ R&D partner selection: Leveraging their limited resources and managing the tension between learning and protection

Su Jung Jee; So Young Sohn

doi:10.1016/j.jengtecman.2020.101575

Patent-based framework for assisting entrepreneurial firms’ R&D partner selection: Leveraging their limited resources and managing the tension between learning and protection

Su Jung Jee, So Young Sohn

Department of Industrial Engineering

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Abstract

One of the critical attributes for successful R&D collaboration with external organizations is finding appropriate partners. When choosing R&D partners, entrepreneurial firms confront challenges on how to leverage their limited resources and manage the tension between learning and protection. Given those challenges, this study suggests a patent-based framework for helping technology-based entrepreneurial firms select R&D partners. Our framework identifies candidate partners with complementary technological capabilities for an entrepreneurial firm and evaluates candidates by considering both the potential of learning and risk from unintended knowledge spillovers. As a case example, the framework is applied to a firm in the IoT industry.

Original language	English
Article number	101575
Journal	Journal of Engineering and Technology Management - JET-M
Volume	57
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jengtecman.2020.101575
Publication status	Published - 2020 Jul 1

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This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIP) ( 2016R1A2A1A05005270 ) and (MSIT) ( 2020R1A2C2005026 ).

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© 2020 Elsevier B.V.

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Industrial relations
Engineering(all)
Strategy and Management
Management Science and Operations Research
Information Systems and Management

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