TITLE: 
                        
                            An Empirical Study on Influencing Factors  of the Patenting Behavior in Enterprises
                                
                                
                                    AUTHORS: 
                                            Xichen Tan, Wenjie Liu, Shurong Li 
                                                    
                                                        KEYWORDS: 
                        Enterprise, The Patent Behavior, Motivation 
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        JOURNAL NAME: 
                        Journal of Service Science and Management,  
                        Vol.9 No.1, 
                        February
                                                        4,
                        2016
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        ABSTRACT: In recent years, the enterprises, as the main innovation subject in China, have made high achievements in the field of patent. The influencing factors of the patenting behavior in enterprises have caused the wide attention of many scholars at home and abroad. Based on the institutional theory, this paper focuses on the influencing factors of the patenting behavior in enterprises by the empirical research. The research results indicate that the internal factors are the main factors affecting the patenting behavior while the external factors are the secondary factors; and that the internal and external factors of the enterprises affect the patenting behavior through intermediary, namely the different motivations of employees. At last, this paper puts forward some suggestions for the patenting behavior in enterprises.