Purpose – In step with the increasing importance of patents in today’s economy, academic contributions have focused more and more on tools and practices that firms can adopt in order to fully extract patent value. This literature stream, called “strategic patent management”, has never been subject to a systematic review. Thus, in order to do […]
Purpose – Considered that the boundaries between the firm and its surrounding environment are increasingly porous, allowing the use of both internal and external innovative ideas and commercial paths to create technological outcomes, this article aims to unveil both internal and external determinants of SME patenting. Design/methodology/approach – We propose an econometric approach based on […]