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000045066 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.3390/su14020892
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000045066 24500 $$aInnovation and Patenting within Containerized Liner Shipping.
000045066 264_1 $$aSwitzerland:$$b[MDPI AG],$$c2021
000045066 300__ $$a1 volume
000045066 337__ $$aunmediated$$bn$$2rdamedia
000045066 4901_ $$aSustainability ;$$vVolume 14, Issue 2, 2022.
000045066 500__ $$aISSN:  2071-1050
000045066 500__ $$aThis resource was extracted from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
000045066 520__ $$aIncreasingly, in many industries, companies commercialize their technology and innovations through patenting to gain an edge over competition. Within the maritime sector, while literature on innovation is expanding, issues related to the importance of intangible assets, such as patenting, for the participant firms of the industry remain unaddressed. Utilizing innovational frameworks and patent data withdrawn from European Patent Organization’s (EPO’s) database, the aim of this paper is to investigate the innovative level, in terms of patents granted, of incumbent market actors in liner shipping. Apart from patent counts, this exercise sheds light on the areas to which these patents apply, providing a classification while also investigating additional attributes which relate to patent citations, investors and applicants. Although results indicate a varying degree of utilization of the patenting system amongst liner carriers, they nonetheless affirm to some extent that knowledge creation is a valuable tool in the arsenal of some liner carriers, and that patenting is one of the various means utilized to enhance their market position and achieve a sustained competitive advantage. In addition, findings suggest that liner carriers’ innovative efforts have, based on the forward citations received, some significance, while they focus primarily the development of patented technologies which enhance the operational efficiency of their vessels. In this respect, the investigation undertaken sheds some light and provides a novel perspective on understanding the behaviour and innovative propensity of liner shipping companies.
000045066 588__ $$aCrossref
000045066 590__ $$aPublished online: 13- Jan-22
000045066 650_0 $$aIntellectual Property.
000045066 650_0 $$aPatents.
000045066 650_0 $$aConcentration.
000045066 650_0 $$aInnovation.
000045066 7001_ $$aChlomoudis, Constantinos,$$eauthor.
000045066 7001_ $$aStyliadis, Theodore,$$eauthor.
000045066 7730_ $$tSustainability
000045066 830_0 $$aSustainability ;$$v14, 2, 2022.
000045066 85641 $$uhttps://doi.org/10.3390/su14020892$$yOnline version
000045066 904__ $$aJournal article
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