This study examines family firms' propensity to protect their intellectual property through patents. Building on the … propensity to patent. Specifically, we argue that family firms' desire to prevent losses of current socioemotional wealth … inhibits their propensity to patent until a threshold level of family ownership, beyond which the family's socioemotional …

domestically and internationally amid the country's innovation-driven development and emphasis on IP strategies. Utilizing panel …. Moreover, patent output and the presence of national IP demonstration cities significantly bolster IP protection levels …, underscoring the importance of both quality and a balanced quantity of patents. The impact of these factors varies with regional …