Abstract One of the critical attributes for successful R&D collaboration with external organizations is finding appropriate partners. When choosing R&D partners, entrepreneurial firms confront challenges on how to leverage their limited resources and manage the tension between learning and protection. Given those challenges, this study suggests a patent-based framework for helping technology-based entrepreneurial firms select R&D partners. Our framework identifies candidate partners with complementary technological capabilities for an entrepreneurial firm and evaluates candidates by considering both the potential of learning and risk from unintended knowledge spillovers. As a case example, the framework is applied to a firm in the IoT industry.

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基于专利的协助创业公司选择研发合作伙伴的框架：利用其有限的资源并管理学习与保护之间的紧张关系

摘要 与外部组织成功进行研发合作的关键属性之一是寻找合适的合作伙伴。在选择研发合作伙伴时，创业公司面临着如何利用其有限资源和管理学习与保护之间的紧张关系的挑战。鉴于这些挑战，本研究提出了一个基于专利的框架，以帮助以技术为基础的创业公司选择研发合作伙伴。我们的框架为创业公司确定具有互补技术能力的候选合作伙伴，并通过考虑学习潜力和意外知识溢出带来的风险来评估候选人。作为一个案例，该框架应用于物联网行业的一家公司。