, which is how to strike a balance between their knowledge transfer (KT) and knowledge protection (KP) strategies. It is …

This paper studies whether knowledge protection affects shareholder value and firms' investment in knowledge assets … changes in the level of knowledge protection. We find positive (negative) abnormal stock returns around the IDD adoption …-oriented industries and firms. Finally, enhancing knowledge protection does not discourage local entrepreneurial activity …

This paper studies whether knowledge protection affects shareholder value and firms' investment in knowledge assets … changes in the level of knowledge protection. We find positive (negative) abnormal stock returns around the IDD adoption …-oriented industries and firms. Finally, enhancing knowledge protection does not discourage local entrepreneurial activity …

subsidiary's knowledge stock is very high, the need for knowledge protection restrains reciprocity mechanisms in knowledge …This paper analyzes the MNC subsidiaries' trade-off between the need for knowledge creation and the need for knowledge … protection, and relates it to the extent of knowledge outflows generated within the host location. Combining research in …

without clear knowledge protection strategies. The goal of this study is to extend this stream of research by investigating … both market-based (e.g. secrecy, lead time) as well as legal knowledge protection strategies (e.g. patents, trademarks) of … country. We suggest that the host country leadership status influences the choice of knowledge protection strategies along two …