Exploring the interplay between intellectual property models and sustainability transitions: A multi‐level analysis
dc.contributor.author | Jain, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Gurtoo, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Eppinger, E | |
dc.contributor.author | Vimalnath, P | |
dc.contributor.author | Tietze, F | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-08-06T14:16:22Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2024-07-01 | |
dc.date.updated | 2024-08-06T12:58:06Z | |
dc.description.abstract | Research on international technology transfer and partnership agreements provides a comprehensive understanding of country-level impacts of intellectual property (IP) rights on sustainability transitions. However, firm-level studies on how firms use and share their IP to support sustainability practices remains limited. The paper disentangles the relationship between firm-level IP models and sustainability practices drawing from a cross-case analysis of 28 firms offering sustainable innovations across four sectors. Analysis of firms' year-wise data collected from 854 documents (typically 1996–2021) and 58 in-depth interviews exploring linkage between IP models and sustainability practices of firms engaged in sustainable innovation provide six key findings: (a) emphasis on safeguarding registered and unregistered IP assets among firms with sustainable innovations; (b) widespread adoption of selectively open inbound IP models coupled with diverse IP sharing mechanisms; (c) a preference for collaborative (joint) IP ownership among internally driven firms, contrasting with a tendency for exclusive in-licensing among those reacting to external pressures; (d) a divergence in outbound IP models, with internally motivated firms favouring selectively open approaches and externally driven firms favouring closed IP models; (e) the adoption of fully open outbound IP models democratize sustainable innovation diffusion; and (f) leveraging broadly open outbound IP models alongside closed or selectively open models balances widespread use with access control and achieves significant social sustainability. A framework is hence developed to guide technology-sharing policies and procedures. Therefore, the paper creates a platform for prescribing sustainable IP incentives for encouraging firms to share IP for wider diffusion of sustainable innovations. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Belmont Forum | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | New Opportunities for Research Funding Agency Cooperation in Europe (NORFACE) | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | European Union Horizon 2020 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Published online 8 July 2024 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3851 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | DLR/BMBF FONA-SÖF | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | 01UV1812A | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | 01UV1812B | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | ES/S008322/1 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | 2017-06439 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/137040 | |
dc.identifier | ORCID: 0000-0001-7556-778X (Vimalnath, Pratheeba) | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Wiley / ERP Environment | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2024 The author(s). For the purpose of open access, the author has applied a ‘Creative Commons Attribution’ (CC BY) license to any Author Accepted Manuscript version arising. | en_GB |
dc.subject | green innovations | en_GB |
dc.subject | intellectual property | en_GB |
dc.subject | sustainability impact | en_GB |
dc.subject | sustainability practices | en_GB |
dc.subject | sustainability transition | en_GB |
dc.subject | sustainable technology diffusion | en_GB |
dc.title | Exploring the interplay between intellectual property models and sustainability transitions: A multi‐level analysis | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2024-08-06T14:16:22Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0964-4733 | |
dc.description | This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Wiley via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1099-0836 | |
dc.identifier.journal | Business Strategy and the Environment | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2024-06-06 | |
dcterms.dateSubmitted | 2023-09-12 | |
rioxxterms.version | AM | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2024-07-01 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2024-08-06T14:09:52Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | AM | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2024-08-06T14:16:29Z | |
refterms.panel | C | en_GB |
refterms.dateFirstOnline | 2024-07-08 |
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