This review reorganizes and reconceptualizes extant research on patent strategy, which has
emerged from diverse roots in economics, law, and management. Accordingly, it is …

Managers make a number of strategic choices when trying to capture returns from
innovation investments, including what appropriation strategy to use and whether or not to …

We tailor theory on the relative performance implications of exploration, exploitation, and
ambidexterity to the unique characteristics of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) …

The present study was conducted in Semnan Science and Technology Park and aimed to
analyze the relationship among intellectual property rights, open innovation, and …

Does the rigorous protection of patents advance or retard economic development? Two
decades ago, a new global standard of intellectual property swept across develo** and …

Despite the growing interest in environmental innovations, there is still no consensus about
their effect on firm performance. On the one hand, advocators of environmental innovations …

Drawing on the resource-based view of the firm, we examine the effect of technological
competition over a patent on the firm's choice of patenting strategy. We claim that …

This paper employs data from a large-scale survey (InnoS&T) of inventors in Europe, the
USA, and Japan who were listed in patent applications filed at the European Patent Office …

Patents and patent portfolios are valuable assets. Companies need a conceptual structure to
assess the value of their patent portfolio. This paper develops a practical and reproducible …

Given the growing size of patent databases and portfolios, scholars and practitioners alike
need metrics to help them in weighting patent counts or in ranking patents to focus on the …