Using Patent Portfolio to Effectively Manage Technical Assets: The Mechanism of Patent Portfolio to Influence Firm Performance

Xiukun Bian, Suli Zheng, Sijia Lu

2019

Abstract

Patent portfolio analysis can be a useful approach to understand technological capabilities. However, little attention has been given to elaborate the mechanism of patent portfolio to firm performance. This paper does an empirical study about how patent portfolio size, patent portfolio diversity and technical scope contribute to firm performance based on panel data of 99 Chinese companies from 2013 to 2017. We incorporate technological opportunity as moderator. Our result indicates that patent portfolio with larger size and broader technical scope can have a positive effect on firm performance, but a more diverse patent portfolio can have a negative effect on firm performance. Technological opportunity has a positive effect on the relationship between technical scope and firm performance; however technological opportunity has a negative effect on the relationship between patent portfolio size, patent portfolio diversity and firm performance.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Bian X., Zheng S. and Lu S. (2019). Using Patent Portfolio to Effectively Manage Technical Assets: The Mechanism of Patent Portfolio to Influence Firm Performance.In Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Computer Technology, Information Science and Communications - Volume 1: CTISC, ISBN 978-989-758-357-5, pages 257-263. DOI: 10.5220/0008099302570263

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ctisc19,
author={Xiukun Bian and Suli Zheng and Sijia Lu},
title={Using Patent Portfolio to Effectively Manage Technical Assets: The Mechanism of Patent Portfolio to Influence Firm Performance},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Computer Technology, Information Science and Communications - Volume 1: CTISC,},
year={2019},
pages={257-263},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008099302570263},
isbn={978-989-758-357-5},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Computer Technology, Information Science and Communications - Volume 1: CTISC,
TI - Using Patent Portfolio to Effectively Manage Technical Assets: The Mechanism of Patent Portfolio to Influence Firm Performance
SN - 978-989-758-357-5
AU - Bian X.
AU - Zheng S.
AU - Lu S.
PY - 2019
SP - 257
EP - 263
DO - 10.5220/0008099302570263