Competition Intensity,cooperation Intensity And Enterprise Patent Application Motivation

At present,scientific and technological innovation has become the main battlefield for enterprises to compete for market share and reshape their dominant position.Therefore,enterprises have raised their patent strategy to the core position,actively carried out patent application layout,and the number of patents has shown "explosive" growth.However,corporate patent behavior is inseparable from the drive of patent application motivation.Patent application not only has the function of protecting innovation achievements,but also has the function of blocking competitors,improving the negotiation position,and improving the image of technological innovation of enterprises.However,the basis for the diversification of enterprise patent application motives is the objective environment and conditions inside and outside the enterprise.Therefore,research on the influencing factors of enterprise patent application motivation can clarify the decision-making mechanism of enterprise patent application behavior in the process of continuous market operation,and provide theoretical support and practical basis for enterprises to formulate intellectual property strategy scientifically.To this end,this study divides the motivations of enterprises to apply for patents into four dimensions: market protection motivation,technology transaction motivation,blocking motivation,and policy acquisition motivation,based on relevant theories such as patent competition,resource base,and information transmission,through literature research and enterprise visits.Integrating external factors such as competitive environment and cooperative environment and internal resource and capability factors such as corporate patent capability and technology maturity,constructing a theoretical system of corporate patent application motivation,competitive environment and cooperative environment,and putting forward four research hypotheses;In order to study the sample,discuss the influence mechanism of competition intensity,cooperation intensity,enterprise patent ability and technology maturity on enterprise patent application motivation.The empirical results show that:(1)The intensity of competition has a positive effect on the technology transaction motivation and blocking motivation of the enterprise’s patent application,and under the adjustment of the enterprise’s patent ability,this relationship will be positively enhanced;(2)Cooperation intensity has a positive effect on market protection motivation and policy acquisition motivation,indicating that the closer the cooperation stickiness between enterprises and external innovation subjects,the more domestic enterprises tend to apply for patents based on market protection motivation and policy acquisition motivation;However,when the level of technological maturity is high,the relationship between cooperation intensity and market protection motivation will be positively strengthened.Finally,in order to determine the rigor of the empirical results,this study conducts a robustness test,and the test results are consistent with the empirical results.On the one hand,the research results of this study break through the limitations of previous research,and comprehensively explore the differences in the motivations of enterprises to apply for patents in combination with external environmental factors and internal resource bases;Provide a supporting basis for the formulation of relevant policies on corporate patent behavior.