Patenting in family firms

Alessandra Tognazzo (), Federica Destro () and Paolo Gubitta ()
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Alessandra Tognazzo: University of Padova
Federica Destro: University of Padova
Paolo Gubitta: University of Padova

No 155, "Marco Fanno" Working Papers from Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche "Marco Fanno"

Abstract: In this paper we analyze patenting activities of family businesses, as compared to non-family ones. The main question is whether family business patent more or less. Then, we also analyze the composition of the inventor group and patent characteristics. To investigate these issues we analyzed a sample of 234 Italian businesses. We find some evidence that family firms differ in their patenting strategy from non-family ones.

Keywords: family business; patenting; innovation. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26 pages
Date: 2012-12
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