Will Huawei surpass ZTE? Analysis of patent data

Zhiying Liu, Lina Bao and Yi Xu

International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation and Development, 2014, vol. 7, issue 1, 1-18

Abstract: In the era of knowledge economy, critical knowledge and technologies are key to enterprise competition. Huawei and ZTE are well known as top Chinese communication equipment suppliers. Both have paid great attention to intellectual property protection, and have applied a great amount of patents in information and communication technology. In this article, patent analysis is used to figure out whether there exists difference between Huawei and ZTE in technology research and development. The results show the patent portfolios of them are similar but difference exists. During the period 2006-2012, ZTE performed better than Huawei on the whole.

Keywords: patent data; patents; Huawei; ZTE; telecommunications equipment suppliers; telecoms; knowledge economy; China; intellectual property protection; intellectual property rights; IPR; IPP; ICT; information and communications technology; information technology; technology R%D; research and development. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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