Open AccessDeterminants of Companies Propensity to Patent
Author(s) -
Patrícia Brandão Barbosa da Silva,
Renata Silva-Mann,
Cristiano da Silva Santos
Publication year - 2019
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2411-2933
DOI - 10.31686/ijier.vol7.iss7.1601
Subject(s) - divergence (linguistics) , competition (biology) , empirical research , economics , business , sociology , social science , statistics , biology , mathematics , ecology , philosophy , linguistics
What determines companies to file patents? To answer this question we present a systematic review, in which 22 empirical studies published in scientific periodicals were selected. Based on the descriptive analysis of these studies, a framework is proposed that brings together a set of explanatory variables that influence the propensity to patent in internal and external factors. The cumulative results of the reviewed articles suggest a positive correlation of firm size and R & D with the propensity to patent. A unanimous result among the articles is that the Industrial Sector in which the company is inserted has a significant influence on the propensity to patent. Regarding the variables Age, Collaboration Network and Competition, the results of the research were divergent, indicating a positive, negative or non-significant relationship. However, these determinants are still poorly understood due to the divergence of the research results.