Title
The organizational advantage in inventing and patenting speeds
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
1-2014
Abstract
Recent research suggests individual inventors produce less valuable inventions than those operating within organizational boundaries. This study demonstrates that organizations also have the advantage in terms of speed of inventing and speed of patenting, two previously neglected dimensions of research and development activity. Analyses of interference proceedings reveal that public and private corporations invent faster than individual inventors, whereas public and private corporations, universities, and research institutes patent their inventions faster than individuals. We examine the outcomes of priority disputes involving 709 patents and patent applications occurring between 2005 and 2013.
Publication Title
Academy of Management Journal
Recommended Citation
Laplume, A. O.,
Xavier-Oliveira, E.,
Dass, P.,
&
Thakur, R.
(2014).
The organizational advantage in inventing and patenting speeds.
Academy of Management Journal.
http://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2014.10884abstract
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/business-fp/175
Publisher's Statement
© 2014 Academy of Management. Publisher’s version of record: http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2014.10884abstract