Patent technology licensing and innovation performance of licensee firms: The moderating effects of three different types of proximity

Abstract

Abstract: Using the data of patent licenses and patent applications in 2000-2010 from the State Intellectual Property Office in China, this paper studies the impact of patent technology licensing on firm innovation output, and examines the moderating effect of three types of proximity on the relationship between them. The results show that patent technology licensing plays a significant role in promoting firm innovation output, and this relationship is moderated by different types of proximity. Specifically, the technological proximity negatively moderates the impact of patent technology licensing on innovation performance of licensee firms, while the organizational proximity positively moderates the relationship between patent technology licensing and firm innovation performance. By contrast, the moderating effect of geographic proximity is not significant.

Key words: patent licensing, firm innovation output, technological learning, proximity

CLC Number:

F204

Liu Fengchao, Wu Delin, Ma Rongkang. Patent technology licensing and innovation performance of licensee firms: The moderating effects of three different types of proximity[J]. Science Research Management, 2015, 36(4): 91-100.

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