Le brevet comme outil stratégique des entreprises : Vers l'émergence d'une nouvelle capacité organisationnelle ?

Today patents contribute to several dimensions of a firm's strategy in order to improve its technological and competitive leadership. The purpose of the article is to identify the implication of the strategic role of patents on the acquisition of new organizational capabilities. It analyses why changes are slow in the French firms as compared to the other European and transatlantic competitors.