Patent quality and trade credit: Based on the perspective of knowledge breadth.

ABSTRACT: Firms often rely on their own unique knowledge to obtain profits, but the reproducibility of knowledge will weaken economic interests, so firms adopt patents to establish exclusivity to clarify the ownership of profit rights. However, patents are only a form, and what kind of knowledge is contained behind them is the key to whether a firm can obtain and how much economic benefit it can obtain. In order to protect intellectual property rights in an all-round way, firms often hold a lots of patents, forming a patent matrix containing multiple cross-knowledge. The more complex the knowledge connotation of the patent matrix, the more difficult it is to be imitated, and the better the protection benefits of patents, forming high-quality patents. This study selects China's A-share listed compani

SUBMITTER: Li Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12578242 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature