Resource type
Date created
2016-11
Authors/Contributors
Author (aut): Ruckman, Karen
Author (aut): McCarthy, Ian P.
Abstract
To understand why some patents get licensed and others do not, we estimate a portfolio of firm- and patent-level determinants for why a particular licensor’s patent was licensed over all technologically similar patents held by other licensors. Using data for licensed biopharmaceutical patents, we build a set of alternate patents that could have been licensed-in using topic modeling techniques. This provides a more sophisticated way of controlling for patent characteristics and analyzing the attractiveness of a licensor and the characteristics of the patent itself. We find that patents owned by licensors with technological prestige, experience at licensing, and combined technological depth and breadth have a greater chance at being chosen by licensees. This suggests that a licensor’s standing and organizational learning rather than the quality of its patent alone influence the success of outward licensing.
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Published as
Ruckman, Karen and McCarthy, Ian. Why Do Some Patents Get Licensed While Others Do Not? Industrial and Corporate Change. 2017. v. 26 n.4, 667-688. DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtw046
Publication details
Publication title
Industrial and Corporate Change
Document title
Why Do Some Patents Get Licensed While Others Do Not
Date
2017
Volume
26
Issue
4
First page
667
Last page
688
Publisher DOI
10.1093/icc/dtw046
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Copyright is held by the author(s).
Scholarly level
Peer reviewed?
Yes
Language
English
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