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Patenting in 4IR technologies and firm performance
Industrial and Corporate Change ( IF 2.878 ) Pub Date : 2021-06-21 , DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtab041
Mario Benassi 1 , Elena Grinza 2 , Francesco Rentocchini 1, 3 , Laura Rondi 2
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We investigate whether firm performance is related to the accumulated stock of technological knowledge associated with the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and, if so, whether the firm’s history in 4IR technology development affects such a relationship. We exploit a rich longitudinal matched patent-firm data set on the population of large firms that filed 4IR patents at the European Patent Office (EPO) between 2009 and 2014, while reconstructing their patent stocks from 1985 onward. To identify 4IR patents, we use a novel two-step procedure proposed by EPO (2020, Patents and the Fourth Industrial Revolution: The Global Technology Trends Enabling the Data-Driven Economy, European Patent Office), based on Cooperative Patent Classification codes and on a full-text patent search. Our results show a positive and significant relationship between firms’ stocks of 4IR patents and labor and total factor productivity. We also find that firms with a long history in 4IR patent filings benefit more from the development of 4IR technological capabilities than later applicants. Conversely, we find that firm profitability is not significantly related to the stock of 4IR patents, which suggests that the returns from 4IR technological developments may be slow to be cashed in. Finally, we find that the positive relationship with productivity is stronger for 4IR-related wireless technology and for artificial intelligence, cognitive computing, and big data analytics.

中文翻译:

4IR 技术专利和公司业绩

我们调查公司绩效是否与第四次工业革命(4IR)相关的技术知识积累相关,如果是,公司在 4IR 技术开发方面的历史是否会影响这种关系。我们利用丰富的纵向匹配专利公司数据集,该数据集涉及 2009 年至 2014 年间在欧洲专利局 (EPO) 提交 4IR 专利的大公司群体,同时重建了 1985 年以后的专利存量。为了识别 4IR 专利,我们使用 EPO(2020,专利和第四次工业革命:全球技术趋势支持数据驱动经济,欧洲专利局)提出的新颖的两步程序,基于合作专利分类代码和全文专利检索。我们的结果表明,公司的 4IR 专利存量与劳动力和全要素生产率之间存在显着的正相关关系。我们还发现,在 4IR 专利申请方面拥有悠久历史的公司比后来的申请人从 4IR 技术能力的发展中受益更多。相反,我们发现公司盈利能力与 4IR 专利的存量没有显着相关性,这表明 4IR 技术开发的回报兑现速度可能很慢。最后,我们发现 4IR 与生产力的正相关关系更强-相关的无线技术以及人工智能、认知计算和大数据分析。我们还发现,在 4IR 专利申请方面拥有悠久历史的公司比后来的申请人从 4IR 技术能力的发展中受益更多。相反,我们发现公司盈利能力与 4IR 专利的存量没有显着相关性,这表明 4IR 技术开发的回报兑现速度可能很慢。最后,我们发现 4IR 与生产力的正相关关系更强-相关的无线技术以及人工智能、认知计算和大数据分析。我们还发现,在 4IR 专利申请方面拥有悠久历史的公司比后来的申请人从 4IR 技术能力的发展中受益更多。相反,我们发现公司盈利能力与 4IR 专利的存量没有显着相关性,这表明 4IR 技术开发的回报兑现速度可能很慢。最后,我们发现 4IR 与生产力的正相关关系更强-相关的无线技术以及人工智能、认知计算和大数据分析。
更新日期:2021-06-21
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