A Study on The Management of Diffusion-Appropriability of Technological Knowledge: A Structural Approach by Knowledge Network

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K13032
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Management
• Research Institution: Yokohama National University
• Principal Investigator: Yasumoto Masanori 横浜国立大学, 大学院環境情報研究院, 教授 (40293526)
• Research Collaborator: Shiu Jing-Ming National Cheng Kung University
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: システム知識 / ネットワーク / 標準必須特許（SEP） / 標準（仕様） / スピルオーバー / 引用 / コントロール / 専有性

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study attempts to explore how firms can shape and appropriate specific knowledge contributing to their advantages under the surge of interfirm technology transfer and sharing by the international standardization. Standard technology specifications and relevant essential patents to secure firms' rights on technologies are publicized and broadly exploited. Yet, system knowledge to integrate multiple technologies for implementations and innovations is not the case. For each firm, system knowledge is captured as a knowledge network between specifications and essential patents. Based on the perspective, this study elucidates that while opening their technologies, firms whose essential patents are cited much and who influence technological implementations and innovations shape their appropriated specific system knowledge in a self-reinforcing manner.

Free Research Field

経営学、技術経営、イノベーション論、組織論