their economic performance. By applying the new patent cartography developed by the EPO that identifies firm's 4.0 patents …In this paper we explore the relationship between innovative firms that patent technology related to Industry 4.0 and …, this is one of the first large-scale, systematic studies on the impact of 4.0 technologies. Since 4.0 patents are more …

firms may protect their inventions by means of intellectual property rights, such as patents. By taking out a patent … of patents on the dissemination of R&D findings is, however, insignificant. Therefore, we conclude that patent …From a firm’s perspective two competing forces are driving the decision to invest in innovation. On the one hand …