Innovation in 5G technology: Leadership, competition, and policy issues

Firms’ Involvement in Standardization and Average Total Costs Per Patent Family

“…Oughton and Frias (2018) discuss the roll-out of 5G in Britain, identifying cost characteristics for seven different geotypes and calculating the roll-out costs for different demand scenarios. More research mainly looks at patent data and sheds detailed light on technology leadership in 5G (see, e.g., Parcu et al, 2022;Massaro and Kim, 2021;Parcu et al, 2021;Pohlmann et al, 2020;Lemstra, 2018). Buggenhagen and Blind (2022) consider additional metrics and show that companies offering FRAND licensing terms for SEPs optimize their 5G technology development contributions using publications, patenting and standard contributions.…”

Coopetition, Standardization and General Purpose Technologies: A Framework and an Application

“…Recently, the concept "GPT" has been related to 5G (Knieps & Bauer, 2022;Parcu et al, 2022aParcu et al, , 2022bTeece, 2018)-the latest cellular technology standard generation. The online appendix provides selected examples of articles suggesting that cellular technology is a GPT.…”

“…This article contributes to the emerging literature connecting the analysis of GPTs and standards development (Baron & Schmidt, 2014;Heikkilä & Wikström, 2021;Lindmark, 2005;Martinelli et al, 2021;Parcu et al, 2022a;Simcoe, 2015;Teece, 2018;Thoma, 2008) by linking them to the burgeoning coopetition literature (e.g., Basole et al, 2015;Bengtsson & Kock, 2000;Devece et al, 2019;Gernsheimer et al, 2021). Standards development is a prime setting to analyze concurrent collaboration and competition (Leiponen, 2008;Oshri & Weeber, 2006)-that is, coopetition between companies.…”