costs. Research therefore repeatedly stressed the positive relationship between collaborative R&D and innovation performance … collaborative R&D projects in total R&D projects is associated with a higher probability of product innovation and with a higher … market success of new products. While we can confirm previous findings in terms of gains for innovation performance, we also …

costs. Research therefore repeatedly stressed the positive relationship between collaborative R&D and innovation performance … terms of gains for innovation performance, but also show that collaboration has decreasing and even negative returns on … product innovation if its intensity increases above a certain threshold. In particular, costs start outweighing benefits if a …

In this article, we provide first insights on how open innovation is connected to the imitation of intellectual … property (IP). Analyzing survey data concerning the open innovation orientation along the innovation value chain of 3956 German … firms, we show that companies engaged in open innovation are more exposed to imitation. The breadth and depth of open …

innovation, there is relatively little research on the business value of software innovation itself. In particular, whether a … firm's software innovation affects the market value of the firm's rivals, and whether the capabilities of a focal firm and … innovation, we investigate the impact of a firm's software patents on both a firm's own market value and rivals' market value …