000047931 000__ 02320cam\a22003255i\4500 000047931 001__ 47931 000047931 003__ SzGeWIPO 000047931 005__ 20240708150353.0 000047931 006__ m\\\\eo\\d\\\\\\\\ 000047931 007__ cr bn |||m|||a 000047931 008__ 230217s2021\\\\nyu\\\\\\b\\\\000\0\eng\d 000047931 022__ $$a0960-6491 (Print)$$a1464-3650 (Online) 000047931 040__ $$aSzGeWIPO$$beng$$erda$$cSzGeWIPO 000047931 041__ $$aeng 000047931 24500 $$aHow does firm innovation size affect the timing of technology licensing?$$bTheory and evidence from China 000047931 264_1 $$aOxford, UK :$$bOxford University Press,$$c2021. 000047931 336__ $$atext$$2rdacontent 000047931 337__ $$acomputer$$2rdamedia 000047931 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 000047931 4901_ $$aIndustrial and Corporate Change$$vVolume 30, Issue 3 000047931 5203_ $$aPrevious research has highlighted the importance of firm size for the propensity of technology licensing. However, the currently available knowledge regarding how firm innovation size affects the timing of technology licensing is limited, especially in developing economies such as that of China. Therefore, in the context of the Chinese patent system, this article builds a model for the timing decision of technology licensing from the perspective of licensors. This model theoretically reveals the relationship between firm innovation size and the likelihood of technology licensing at different time points. This article argues that there is a positive relationship between firm innovation size and the likelihood of technology licensing before the patent disclosure date; moreover, there is an inverted U-shaped relationship between the firm innovation size and the likelihood of licensing between the patent disclosure date and the grant date; however, firm innovation size is negatively correlated with the likelihood of licensing after the patent grant date. Empirical results based on 8737 first-time licensing data on invention patents of Chinese firms in 2001–2015 support all predictions. This study contributes to both the scholarly understanding of timing decision making in firms’ technology licensing and the design of technology transfer policies for different firms in China. 000047931 542__ $$fhttps://academic.oup.com/pages/using-the-content/citation 000047931 590__ $$aPublished online: 2021 000047931 650_0 $$aPatents 000047931 650_0 $$aTechnology$$zChina 000047931 650_0 $$a`Licenses 000047931 7001_ $$aMa, Rongkang,$$vauthor. 000047931 7001_ $$aZhu, Shanshan,$$eauthor. 000047931 7001_ $$aLiu, Fengchao,$$eauthor. 000047931 7731_ $$tIndustrial and Corporate Change,$$wINCC 000047931 830_0 $$aIndustrial and Corporate Change$$vINCC 2021, 30(3), 622-651 000047931 85641 $$uhttps://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtaa037 000047931 904__ $$aJournal article 000047931 980__ $$aINCC