Abstract
To become more inventive and improve their market positions, firms are increasingly engaged in different collaboration networks around the globe. These collaborations facilitate knowledge exchanges that, combined with R&D activities, may enhance the chances of patenting. However, the location and types of these networks condition the differential benefits companies might gain from cooperating with others, influencing firms' ability to developing patentable outcomes. Hence, how do collaboration networks affect the relation between R&D spending and patents? The findings of this research, based on data from 5389 Spanish firms, suggest that firms that invest in R&D and join national and regional collaboration networks show a stronger propensity to patenting than companies that do not join these networks. Engaging in international collaboration networks, with partners from distant locations, does not affect the firm's propensity to convert its R&D into patents.
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