Technological disruption and patent activities: adoption of robots by Chinese manufacturing firms
(2024)
Journal Article
Zhou, P., Zhang, J., & Jiang, K. (2025). Technological disruption and patent activities: adoption of robots by Chinese manufacturing firms. R&D Management, 55(2), 303-325. https://doi.org/10.1111/radm.12701
Using a panel of manufacturing firms in China for the period 2006 to 2015, this study investigates how the adoption of industrial robots, as a technological disruption, affects firm patent activities through intra-industry interactions (robot adoptio... Read More about Technological disruption and patent activities: adoption of robots by Chinese manufacturing firms.