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Min-Nan Chen
Department of BioBusiness Management, National Chiayi University, No. 580, Sinmin Road, Chiayi City, 60054, Taiwan, ROC

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Published: 13 June 2020 in Research Policy
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This study investigated that innovative service firms adopt complementary-in use appropriability strategies in response to loose appropriability conditions. We used two features, i.e., appropriability breadth and appropriability depth, to examine different modes of complementary-in use appropriability strategies. We categorized 307 innovative service firms using a two-stage clustering analysis to identify distinct appropriability modes. The following four appropriability modes of complementary-in use appropriability strategies are identified: (1) complementary-based appropriability mode, (2) formal-based appropriability mode, (3) informal-based appropriability mode, and (4) low-profile appropriability mode. We revealed that complementary-in use appropriability strategies under loose appropriability conditions are appropriability modes adopted by innovative service firms that vary in appropriability breadth and appropriability depth. Appropriability breadth was significantly associated with the choice of appropriability modes. In addition, we revealed that innovative service firms’ choice of the modes of complementary-in use appropriability strategies varies by the firm characteristics. Finally, policy implications for enhancing innovation protection and value appropriation in service firms and sectors are discussed.

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Min-Nan Chen; Chia-Hung Wu. Complementary-in use appropriability in innovative service firms: An empirical study in Taiwan. Research Policy 2020, 49, 104014 .

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Min-Nan Chen, Chia-Hung Wu. Complementary-in use appropriability in innovative service firms: An empirical study in Taiwan. Research Policy. 2020; 49 (7):104014.

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Min-Nan Chen; Chia-Hung Wu. 2020. "Complementary-in use appropriability in innovative service firms: An empirical study in Taiwan." Research Policy 49, no. 7: 104014.

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Published: 21 January 2020 in Sustainability
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This study examines how social trust facilitates firms’ collaborative efficiency in an informal economy. We extend the open innovation theory to explain the straightforward role of social trust in the Shenzhen mobile phone industry. This single case study yields two principal findings. First, social trust fosters the efficient integration of value chains for mobile phone development. Four types of informal entrepreneurs with high social trust built on homogenous sanctioned ethnic groups (i.e., Fujian, Hunan, Chaoshan, and Wenzhou) collaboratively conform to the chip vendors, independent design houses, integrators, manufacturers and channel retailers in the Shenzhen mobile phone industry. These four groups of informal entrepreneurs achieve ethnic legitimacy by organizing the value chains with mobile feature phones built on Shenzhen mobile phone modes. Second, social trust among the four sanctioned ethnic groups is a critical determinant for shortening the time-to-market of new products and catalyzes product specialization to effectively respond to market needs in the Shenzhen mobile phone industry. Finally, we discuss the implications of our findings for research on social trust and open innovation in informal institutions.

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Yu-Chun Chen; Min-Nan Chen. Social Trust and Open Innovation in an Informal Economy: The Emergence of Shenzhen Mobile Phone Industry. Sustainability 2020, 12, 775 .

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Yu-Chun Chen, Min-Nan Chen. Social Trust and Open Innovation in an Informal Economy: The Emergence of Shenzhen Mobile Phone Industry. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (3):775.

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Yu-Chun Chen; Min-Nan Chen. 2020. "Social Trust and Open Innovation in an Informal Economy: The Emergence of Shenzhen Mobile Phone Industry." Sustainability 12, no. 3: 775.

Journal article
Published: 22 May 2019 in European Journal of Innovation Management
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate alliance partner diversity (APD) as a driving force that potentially enhances firms’ innovation generation (IG) in interfirm open alliance contexts. The authors propose that APD enhances IG but that the effects depend on both alliance network position and the double-edged external knowledge search strategy. Building on the knowledge-based view and social capital theory, the authors formally model how external knowledge search strategies can lead to productive or destructive acquisitions of external knowledge in interfirm open alliance networks. The authors theorize that when an individual firm adopts a central position in a complex interfirm open alliance network, its propensity toward beneficial IG depends on its knowledge search strategy (i.e. its breadth and depth) due to the joint influence of network position and knowledge search strategy on innovation. Design/methodology/approach Using an original large-scale survey of high-tech firms, this study shows that the relationship between partner diversity and IG is contingent on a firm’s network position and knowledge search strategy. The authors also offer an original analysis of how knowledge search strategy (i.e. its breadth and depth) in network centrality (NC) affects the efficacy of knowledge acquisition in interfirm open alliance networks. Empirically, the authors provide an original contribution to the open innovation literature by integrating social capital and knowledge-based theory to rigorously measure firm IG. Findings Overall, our findings suggest that the knowledge search strategy imparts a double-edged effect that may promote or interfere with external knowledge in IG in the context of the diversity of alliance partners. Research limitations/implications The work has important limitations, such as its analysis of a single industry in the empirical models. Therefore, further studies should consider multiple industries that may provide useful insights into innovation decisions. Practical implications External knowledge search is valuable, particularly in the high-tech industry, as external knowledge acquisition generates innovation output. This study serves to raise managers’ awareness of various approaches to external knowledge searches and highlights the importance of network position in knowledge acquisition from interfirm open alliance collaborations. Originality/value This paper is the first to investigate the double-edged effect of knowledge search on interfirm open alliance networks. It also contributes to the theoretical and practical literature on interfirm open alliance networks by reflecting on external knowledge search and underlying network centrality and APD factors.

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Chunhsien Wang; Min-Nan Chen; Ching-Hsing Chang. The double-edged effect of knowledge search on innovation generations. European Journal of Innovation Management 2019, 23, 156 -176.

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Chunhsien Wang, Min-Nan Chen, Ching-Hsing Chang. The double-edged effect of knowledge search on innovation generations. European Journal of Innovation Management. 2019; 23 (1):156-176.

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Chunhsien Wang; Min-Nan Chen; Ching-Hsing Chang. 2019. "The double-edged effect of knowledge search on innovation generations." European Journal of Innovation Management 23, no. 1: 156-176.

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Published: 02 January 2019 in Asian Journal of Technology Innovation
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Absorptive capacity and appropriability depth are two concepts based on a firm’s capabilities that leverage external knowledge to facilitate new product development performance. This study analyzes the joint effects of absorptive capacity and depth of appropriability regime forms on a firm’s new product development. Specifically, we distinguished absorptive capacity between the potential and realized absorptive capacities and appropriability depth as formal and strategic forms. To test our research hypotheses, we analyzed empirical evidence from 311 Taiwanese service firms. The results reveal that the potential and realized absorptive capacities have significant effects that help explain a firm’s new product development. Additionally, there are moderating effects of absorptive capacity on new product development performance. The formal appropriability depth exerts a positive effect on the relationship between the realized absorptive capacity and a firm’s new product development. The strategic appropriability depth positively moderates the influence of the potential absorptive capacity on a firm’s new product development. Finally, the study concludes that complementary nature of absorptive capacity and appropriability strength plays a critical role in contributing to new product development.

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Min-Nan Chen; Yuan-Chieh Chang. Absorptive capacity, appropriability depth and new product development in Taiwanese service firms. Asian Journal of Technology Innovation 2019, 27, 108 -133.

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Min-Nan Chen, Yuan-Chieh Chang. Absorptive capacity, appropriability depth and new product development in Taiwanese service firms. Asian Journal of Technology Innovation. 2019; 27 (1):108-133.

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Min-Nan Chen; Yuan-Chieh Chang. 2019. "Absorptive capacity, appropriability depth and new product development in Taiwanese service firms." Asian Journal of Technology Innovation 27, no. 1: 108-133.

Journal article
Published: 01 November 2016 in Research Policy
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The paper extends a notion of service regime framework as a synthesis approach to understand the diversity of innovation patterns in service firms. The service regime framework consists of three dimensions: innovation trajectories, appropriability, and user involvement. A dataset of leading top 311 Taiwanese service firms is collected through the postal questionnaire survey. The results reveal three newly stylized patterns of innovation in service firms: coupling innovation trajectories, joint use of formal and informal appropriability, and intimate user involvement. Moreover, four clusters following the firm-specific assumption to characterize heterogeneous compositions of the service regime are identified. The paper concludes that the service regime framework plays a major role in distinguishing specific service innovation clusters among firms and sectors. Finally, some policy implications for promoting service innovations are provided.

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Yuan-Chieh Chang; Min-Nan Chen. Service regime and innovation clusters: An empirical study from service firms in Taiwan. Research Policy 2016, 45, 1845 -1857.

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Yuan-Chieh Chang, Min-Nan Chen. Service regime and innovation clusters: An empirical study from service firms in Taiwan. Research Policy. 2016; 45 (9):1845-1857.

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Yuan-Chieh Chang; Min-Nan Chen. 2016. "Service regime and innovation clusters: An empirical study from service firms in Taiwan." Research Policy 45, no. 9: 1845-1857.

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Published: 31 March 2011 in Technological Forecasting and Social Change
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Yuan-Chieh Chang; Min-Nan Chen. On transformation of public sector research: A preliminary post-STBL assessment in Taiwan. Technological Forecasting and Social Change 2011, 78, 498 -513.

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Yuan-Chieh Chang, Min-Nan Chen. On transformation of public sector research: A preliminary post-STBL assessment in Taiwan. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 2011; 78 (3):498-513.

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Yuan-Chieh Chang; Min-Nan Chen. 2011. "On transformation of public sector research: A preliminary post-STBL assessment in Taiwan." Technological Forecasting and Social Change 78, no. 3: 498-513.