Chandrashekar, D and MH, BS (2019) Determinants of firm’s propensity to patent its inventions: An evidence from Bengaluru high-tech manufacturing cluster. In: Competitiveness Review, 29 (4). pp. 375-400.
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Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to ascertain the factors that influence the decision of a firm in a cluster to patent its inventions. Design/methodology/approach: This study adopts a stratified random sampling technique to choose 101 sample firms from the identified population of firms in a cluster. Further, it uses the primary data collection method to collect data from sample firms through semi-structured questionnaires and in-depth interviews with the top level management of the sample firms. Furthermore, it carries out binary logistic regression analysis to primarily examine the influence of capability and willingness factors of a firm on the propensity of a firm to patent its inventions. Findings: The paper corroborates from the results of the binary logit model that invention capacity has a significant positive impact on a firm’s propensity to obtain patents. In addition, the absorptive capacity of a firm above a certain threshold is likely to have a significant positive influence on the decision of a firm to patent its inventions. On the one hand, between the two motivator factors conventional motivators and strategy related motivators, conventional motivator factor has a significant positive influence on a firm’s propensity to obtain patents. On the other hand, both the de-motivator factors (time, market and cost constraints and procedural issues) have a significant negative influence on a firm’s propensity to patent its inventions. Originality/value: This paper makes a key contribution to the existing literature by empirically validating the influence of capability of a firm in terms of its invention and absorptive capacities, and willingness of a firm constituting motivator and de-motivator factors, on the decision of a firm to obtain patents, in the context of a firm in a high-tech manufacturing cluster in a developing economy. © 2019, Emerald Publishing Limited.
Item Type: | Journal Article |
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Publication: | Competitiveness Review |
Publisher: | Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. |
Additional Information: | The copyright for this article belongs to Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. |
Keywords: | High-tech clusters; Intellectual capital; Intellectual property; Intellectual property rights; Knowledge diffusion; Knowledge sharing; Manufacturing industry; Networks; Technological innovation |
Department/Centre: | Division of Interdisciplinary Sciences > Management Studies |
Date Deposited: | 07 Jan 2023 10:22 |
Last Modified: | 07 Jan 2023 10:22 |
URI: | https://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/78883 |
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