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Title Sustainable Technology Innovation Path Recognition: An Evaluation of Patent Risk of International Trade
ID_Doc 71803
Authors Zhang, B; Ma, L; Liu, Z; Wang, P
Title Sustainable Technology Innovation Path Recognition: An Evaluation of Patent Risk of International Trade
Year 2019
Published Sustainability, 11.0, 18
DOI 10.3390/su11185002
Abstract Patent protection is a critical aspect of sustainable technology innovation, which is currently facing the challenge of patent risk. This study aimed to help enterprises prevent and avoid patent risk in a global view of technology innovation, and to propose a systematic evaluation model for patent risk. By combining the entropy method with the analytic hierarchy process (AHP), this study constructed an analytic hierarchy model of patent risk. Some indexes in the model were selected based on the summary of prior literature, and other indexes were selected according to experts' communication, which helped us to generalize the patent risk as comprehensively as possible. The AHP evaluation results determined the weight and relative materiality for each risk factor, which were contained in a criteria layer and a sub-criteria layer. The entropy method integrated the evaluation weights of different experts' opinions. By dividing the risk factors into three categories, namely "high", "medium", or "low", according to the priority degree, the risk priority ranking was obtained. Suggestions are discussed regarding support for enterprises in dealing with patent risk that may occur during international trade or other commercial activities.
Author Keywords sustainable technology innovation; patent risk; analytic hierarchy process; entropy method; international trade
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED); Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
EID WOS:000489104700188
WoS Category Green & Sustainable Science & Technology; Environmental Sciences; Environmental Studies
Research Area Science & Technology - Other Topics; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
PDF https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/18/5002/pdf?version=1568887944
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