The paper presents an analytical method to define innovation\nbehaviours and technology strategies of companies using patent\ndata.The framework can be used to: 1) analyse single innovation\nbehaviours, 2) map innovation strategies defined as\ncombinations of different innovation behaviours, and 3) describe\nthe patterns of technological evolutions over time.\nThe methodology is tested on a sample of 133 top research and\ndevelopment (R&D) companies belonging to technology\nhardware & equipment industry, by analysing their patents\napplied from 2008 to 2012. From the analysis of the behaviours,\na preponderance of exploitation strategies that lead to radical\noutputs is detected. We also uncovered a growing adoption of\nopen innovation and an increasing concentration of R&D efforts\non radical outputs.
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