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GREEN PATENTS IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR: THE INFLUENCE OF BUSINESSES’ RESOURCES AND CAPABILITIES
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This paper, which is of interest to practitioners, will analyse companies in the manufacturing sector that hold Spanish and European environmental patents, linking the registered green patents with the economic and financial characteristics of the companies. Specifically, the relationship between green patents and the collaboration of companies with research and development (R&D) centres is analysed. The results of surveying an ad-hoc database comprising 1606 Spanish companies indicate that the ways in which the companies collaborate with R&D organisations can shed light on green patent holdings in the Spanish manufacturing companies.Moreover, the authors find that financial performance, age, and size are all significant factors in the development of green patents.
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