TL;DR — Using 2,392 Korean firms (2018 Korean Innovation Survey): the breadth and depth of collaboration and geographical proximity have differential effects on product vs. process innovation, and appropriability mechanisms moderate these effects differentially. Openness is neither good nor bad per se — its payoff depends on innovation type and knowledge protection.
Key findings
1. Openness dimensions matter separately. How many partners (breadth), how intensively (depth), and how near (proximity) each affect product and process innovation differently.
2. Value creation needs value capture. Appropriability mechanisms change whether collaboration pays off — the classic open-innovation tension (Chesbrough) quantified on national survey data.
3. Managerial takeaway. Match the collaboration configuration to the innovation goal: what works for product innovation does not automatically work for process innovation.
국문 요약
2018 한국기업혁신조사(KIS) 2,392개 기업 자료로 협력의 폭·깊이와 지리적 근접성이 제품혁신과 공정혁신에 서로 다른 영향을 미침을 실증. 전유 메커니즘(지식 보호 수단)은 이 관계를 차별적으로 조절한다 — 개방형 혁신의 성과는 혁신 유형과 지식 보호 전략의 조합에 달려 있다.
FAQ
Q. What are collaboration breadth and depth? Breadth = the number of external knowledge sources a firm uses; depth = how intensively it draws on them (Laursen & Salter lineage).
Q. Related work by the authors? Eom, Woo & Chun (2024, TASM) also uses the Korean Innovation Survey — machine learning shows external information sources are the most critical predictor of ICT process innovation.
How to cite
APA: Jang, S., Ko, H., Chung, Y., & Woo, C. (2023). Does openness enable or hinder innovation performance? The moderating effect of appropriability mechanisms. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 35(1), 45–58. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537325.2021.1964465
BibTeX:
@article{jang2023openness,
title={Does openness enable or hinder innovation performance? The moderating effect of appropriability mechanisms},
author={Jang, Soojeen and Ko, Hyesoo and Chung, Yanghon and Woo, Chungwon},
journal={Technology Analysis \& Strategic Management},
volume={35}, number={1}, pages={45--58}, year={2023},
doi={10.1080/09537325.2021.1964465}}