The Role of Open Business Model in Technology Commercialization

Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management > Volume 42(3); 2014 > Article

Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management 2014;42(3): 477-.

ABSTRACT

Purpose:
This paper has examined the impact of open innovation business model in technology commercialization with the data from 30 companies of manufacturing firms in South Korea.
Methods:
The findings provide support for distinguishing five hypotheses relating to development time, IP management, sales, firm size and R&D intensity. To test the hypotheses, data were collected using via e-mail and fax. Small and medium-sized (less than 300 employees) and large industrial firms were chosen for this study.
Results:
The result shows that openness in its business model is positively associated with successful technology commercialization.
Conclusion:
The major findings and the implications are: First, as the business model gets more open, development period of technology will be more favorable which gets benefit from rising costs of innovation. Second, as the business model gets more open, large portion of sales are created from new products. Thus, the problem of shorter product life in the market which affects large portion of market revenue can be solved through an open business model. Third, in general, R&D intensity, firm size and the level of IP management affect determination of business model types. The findings also suggest that companies need to increasingly address their external technology exploitation process instead of focusing on their internal innovation processes.

Key Words: Open Innovation;Business Model;Technology Commercialization;Intellectual Property Management;Closed Innovation;R&D Investment;