Abstract
Abstract In today’s economy, patent management has assumed particular relevance within firm strategy. However, the academic literature on this topic has never been subjected to a systematic review. In order to do so, we adopted two bibliometric techniques (citation analysis and bibliographic coupling). Our analyses allowed us to identify three main research subfields within patent management literature: “patent value”, “strategic exploitation of patent value” and “technological and competitive landscape”. In light of the description and the discussion of the meaning of each of them, we suggest some research lines that could benefit from deeper investigation and provide managerial implications and recommendations.
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