The not-invented-here (NIH) syndrome refers to internal resistance in a company against externally developed knowledge …. In this paper, we argue that the occurrence of the NIH syndrome depends on the source of external knowledge and the … success of the firm that aims at adapting external knowledge. In line with social identity theory, we hypothesize that …

new knowledge and alliances that aim at exchange of existing knowledge, the results suggest that the positive effect on … patent quantity is driven by knowledge exchange rather than joint R&D. Firms engaged in joint R&D, on the other hand, receive … patenting, our results further suggest that knowledge creation alliances lead to patents that are filed to protect valuable …

monitoring, requires knowledge disclosure and involves the risk of opportunistic behaviour by the partners. Thus, while the net …

firms. Social software can be employed for knowledge management and for external communication enabling access to internal … and external knowledge. Knowledge in turn constitutes one of the main inputs to service innovation. Hence, social software …) and knowledge-intensive service firms, this is the first paper which empirically analyses the question whether the use of …