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 …

/cooperative context. This research argues that knowledge protection is deterred by the large institutional distance between partners and … interactions, strong mutual trust and reciprocal commitment positively moderate the impact of knowledge protection on absorptive …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate pertinent knowledge protection literature. At the same time …, however, knowledge protection is often a neglected or underdeveloped area. This is all the more concerning as knowledge … sharing rather than on knowledge protection. Design/methodology/approach – In this paper, the authors present the results of a …