INVESTIGADORES
RIKAP Cecilia Alejandra
artículos
Título:
Big Tech, knowledge predation and the implications for development
Autor/es:
CECILIA RIKAP; BENGT AKE LUNDVALL
Revista:
Innnovation and Development
Editorial:
Taylor and Francis Ltd.
Referencias:
Año: 2020
ISSN:
2157-9318
Resumen:
This paper focuses on tech giants as active drivers of a phase ofglobalisation characterized by growth in digital services trade combined with ageneral shift to intangible assets. By analysing how Google, Amazon andMicrosoft organize their innovation activities, we show that they continuouslymonopolize knowledge while outsourcing innovation steps to other firms andresearch institutions. The paper compares science and technology collaborationswith patent co-ownership suggesting knowledge predation from those otherorganizations. We also highlight that selected tech giants combine thecollection of innovation rents with rents from exclusive access to data. Wetherefore refer to tech giants as data-drivenintellectual monopolies, each organizing and controlling a global corporate innovation system (CIS). Intellectual monopolies predate knowledge (including data when they aredata-driven) from their CIS that they turn into intangible assets. The paper ends with reflections on theimplications for innovation and development.
