Impact of international patent collaboration and citation on innovation performance

Abstract

Abstract: As two important channels for knowledge diffusion, patent collaboration and citation are significant for innovation activities as they can help innovators to obtain external knowledge in order to reduce their internal innovation input and risk. The influence of patent collaboration and citation on innovation performance has been studied for 16 main innovation countries at national level according to their patent performance during 1981-2007 with the help of negative binomial model. In additional, the influence of absorptive capacity has been involved. The study findings imply the positive effects of cross-border collaboration and absorptive capacity on both innovation quantity and quality, and the positive effect of cross-border citation on innovation quality, while its effect on innovation quantity has not been evidenced in this study.

Key words: patent collaboration, patent citation, absorptive capacity, innovation performance

CLC Number:

F062.4

Chen Zifeng, Guan Jiancheng. Impact of international patent collaboration and citation on innovation performance[J]. Science Research Management, 2014, 35(3): 35-42.

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