Two leading home appliance companies, Globex Inc. and Pug Tech, are in competition for market share. In their quest for exciting new products, Globex employs an open innovation model, while Pug Tech pursues a closed innovation model. Which of the following statements is most likely true?

a. Globex has a greater chance of capturing market share.
b. Pug Tech has a superior absorptive capacity.
c. Pug Tech will protect its intellectual property with patents and trade secrets.
d. Globex is most concerned with securing first-mover advantages.

Respuesta :

Answer: c. Pug Tech will protect its intellectual property with patents and trade secrets.

Explanation:

A closed innovation model means that the company develops the product internally instead of through collaboration with external sources.

Pug Tech will therefore produce new products internally. As a result, they will be able to protect these products from being copied by others through patents and trade secrets because the law will recognize that they have exclusive rights to the new technology seeing as they came up with it.

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