COMPLEX INNOVATION STRATEGIES AND PATENTING BEHAVIOUR

This paper empirically assesses potential determinants of firms ’ patenting behaviour in terms of both probability to have a patent portfolio and size of this patent portfolio. It focuses more particularly on the role played by different types of innovation strategies pursued by firms. Undertaking R&D activities and basic and applied research especially, entering into R&D partnerships with scientific institutions and competitors, and targeting the development of new products are characteristics of firms ’ innovation strategies that positively affect their patenting behaviour, even after controlling for firm and sector characteristics traditionally studied in the literature