ABSTRACT
This paper focuses on the increasing tendency among the world’s largest companies to patent in information and communication technology (ICT) when they patent outside their core technical domains. This empirical work draws on the established Multi-technology Corporation (MTC) literature but seeks to add another piece to the puzzle by contributing with new information about recent, under-emphasised trends. By analysing the composition of technological diversification we aim at inserting specific qualifications on what has already been pointed out in the literature, thereby complementing what is already understood about this complex and evolving phenomenon.
