[article]
Titre : |
The circulation of ideas in firms and markets |
Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
Auteurs : |
Thomas Hellmann, Auteur ; Enrico Perotti, Auteur |
Année de publication : |
2012 |
Article en page(s) : |
pp. 1813-1826 |
Note générale : |
Management |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
Mots-clés : |
Innovation Market for ideas Start-ups Spin-offs |
Index. décimale : |
658 Organisation des entreprises. Techniques du commerce |
Résumé : |
This paper models the generation, circulation, and completion of new ideas, showing how markets and innovative firms complement each other in a symbiotic relationship. Novel ideas are initially incomplete and require further insight before yielding a valuable innovation. Finding the complementary piece requires ideas to circulate, which creates appropriation risks. Circulation of ideas in markets ensures efficient completion, but because ideas can be appropriated, market entrepreneurs underinvest in idea generation. Firms can establish boundaries that guarantee safe circulation of internal ideas, but because firms need to limit idea circulation, they may fail to achieve completion. Spin-offs allow firms to benefit from the market's strength at idea completion, whereas markets benefit from firms' strength at generating new ideas. The model predicts diverse organizational forms (internal ventures, spin-offs, and start-ups) coexisting and mutually reinforcing each other. The analysis provides new insights into the structure of innovation-driven clusters such as Silicon Valley. |
DEWEY : |
658 |
ISSN : |
0025-1909 |
En ligne : |
http://mansci.journal.informs.org/content/57/10/1813.abstract |
in Management science > Vol. 57 N° 10 (Octobre 2011) . - pp. 1813-1826
[article] The circulation of ideas in firms and markets [texte imprimé] / Thomas Hellmann, Auteur ; Enrico Perotti, Auteur . - 2012 . - pp. 1813-1826. Management Langues : Anglais ( eng) in Management science > Vol. 57 N° 10 (Octobre 2011) . - pp. 1813-1826
Mots-clés : |
Innovation Market for ideas Start-ups Spin-offs |
Index. décimale : |
658 Organisation des entreprises. Techniques du commerce |
Résumé : |
This paper models the generation, circulation, and completion of new ideas, showing how markets and innovative firms complement each other in a symbiotic relationship. Novel ideas are initially incomplete and require further insight before yielding a valuable innovation. Finding the complementary piece requires ideas to circulate, which creates appropriation risks. Circulation of ideas in markets ensures efficient completion, but because ideas can be appropriated, market entrepreneurs underinvest in idea generation. Firms can establish boundaries that guarantee safe circulation of internal ideas, but because firms need to limit idea circulation, they may fail to achieve completion. Spin-offs allow firms to benefit from the market's strength at idea completion, whereas markets benefit from firms' strength at generating new ideas. The model predicts diverse organizational forms (internal ventures, spin-offs, and start-ups) coexisting and mutually reinforcing each other. The analysis provides new insights into the structure of innovation-driven clusters such as Silicon Valley. |
DEWEY : |
658 |
ISSN : |
0025-1909 |
En ligne : |
http://mansci.journal.informs.org/content/57/10/1813.abstract |
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