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- Title
Assessing the R&D Management of a Firm in Terms of Speed and Science Linkage: Evidence from the US Patents.
- Authors
Nagaoka, Sadao
- Abstract
We evaluate statistically how the R&D management of a firm affects its research quality. Controlling for technology areas, a firm having short citation lag relative to the prior patent literature has a significantly high patent quality in terms of patent citation and the number of claims per patent, suggesting that the speed of R&D mattes. Such an effect is more significant in IT than in biotechnology & pharmaceuticals. A firm having high citations to the science literature has also a high patent quality, indicating the importance of the capability to use scientific knowledge. Such an effect is significant both in biotechnology & pharmaceuticals and in IT.
- Subjects
MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH &; development; PATENTS; PATENT law; INFORMATION technology; MANAGEMENT of intellectual property; PATENT searching; PATENT literature
- Publication
Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2007, Vol 16, Issue 1, p129
- ISSN
1058-6407
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1530-9134.2007.00135.x