Zhang, Sifei; Yuan, Chien-Chung; Chang, Ke-Chiun; Ken, Yun - In: Journal of Informetrics 6 (2012) 4, pp. 485-495
This study utilizes the artificial neural network to explore the nonlinear relationships between patent performance and the corporate performance of the pharmaceutical companies. Patent performance measured from patent H index, patent citations, and essential technological strength (ETS). The...