Resource Complementarity Global Technology Alliances and Innovation Capabilities

Resource Complementarity, Global Technology Alliances, and Innovation Capabilities in the Context of the Mobile Computing Market Lew, Yong Kyu and Rudolf R. Sinkovics (2012), "Practices of innovation in mobile computing alliances, " in International business - new challenges, new forms, new perspectives, Simon Harris, Olli Kuivalainen, and Veselina Stoyanova (Eds. ). Houndmills, Basingstoke, U. K. : Palgrave Mac. Millan, 242 -261. (DOI: 10. 1057/9781137007742). - Rudolf Sinkovics 1

Table 1: Integrative innovation matrix from resource and openness perspectives Commercialization Network level Firm level C. Inside-out innovation D. Open network innovation (e. g. Open platform – Google Android operating system) (e. g. Open community – Linux open source software) A. Closed innovation B. Inbound innovation (e. g. Internal R&D –hierarchy in Chandlerian innovation system ) (e. g. Quasi-hierarchies – strategic technology alliances ) Firm’s internal resources Resources external to the firm Resource externalization Resource internalization Source of technology development - Rudolf Sinkovics 2

Firms in the case study - product architecture and value chain ‘A’ software application * Korea Software ‘B’ platform optimizer China ‘C’ system-on-chips US A brief illustration of the logical software and hardware product architecture of the mobile device in the case study Hardware ‘D’ Chipset design Suppliers UK ODM/OEM ** OBM** Upstream value chain TELCO DISTRIBUTORS Downstream value chain - Rudolf Sinkovics 3

Relationships between resources, GTAs, and innovation capabilities in the case study Complementary resources Global technology alliances - Rudolf Sinkovics Innovation capabilities 4