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A Firm’s Creation of Proprietary Knowledge Linked to the Knowledge Spilled Over from its Research Publications: The Case of Artificial Intelligence
Jee, Su J. Sohn, S.Y.
Jee, Su J.
Sohn, S.Y.
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2023
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This study investigates the mechanism by which knowledge spilled over from a firm’s research
publication consequently spills into the focal firm as a form of proprietary knowledge when it is
engaged in an emerging science-related technology. We define the knowledge spillover pool (KSP) as
an evolving group of papers citing a paper published by a firm. Focusing on the recent development
of artificial intelligence, on which firms have published actively, we compare the KSP conditions
related to the increase in patents created by the focal firm with those created by external actors. Using
a Cox regression and subsequent contrast test, we find that both an increasing KSP and an increasing
similarity between the idea published by the focal firm and KSP are positively related to the
proprietary knowledge creation of both the focal firm and external actors, with such relations being
significantly stronger for the focal firm than for external actors. On the contrary, an increasing
proportion of industry papers in the KSP is positively associated with the proprietary knowledge
creation not only by the focal firm but also by external actors to a similar degree. We contribute to the
literature on selective revealing and to the firms’ publishing strategies.
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Jee SJ and Sohn SY (2023) A Firm’s Creation of Proprietary Knowledge Linked to the Knowledge Spilled Over from its Research Publications: The Case of Artificial Intelligence. Industrial and Corporate Change. 32(4): 876–900.
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