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Patenting motives, technology strategies, and open innovation

Marcus Holgersson, Ove Granstrand · 2017 · Management Decision

Summary. Swedish firms with higher levels of open innovation place greater importance on patenting, particularly for protecting product technologies and freedom to operate, and for bargaining purposes. The study surveyed large firms and SMEs, finding that open innovation strengthens most patenting motives compared to closed innovation strategies, except for attracting customers.

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Holgersson, M., & Granstrand, O.. (2017). Patenting motives, technology strategies, and open innovation. Management Decision. https://doi.org/10.1108/md-04-2016-0233

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DOI
10.1108/md-04-2016-0233
Countries
Sweden
Regions
Europe
Categories
innovation-theory, innovation-networks, general-innovation
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2026-04-28