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their inward looking or exploitationʺ attitude in R&D and innovation. We argue that because of sunk costs and learning …. Among other things, this suggests that explorationʺ, which leads to the opening of new innovation trajectories, requires not …
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their inward looking or exploitation attitude in R&D and innovation. We argue that because of sunk costs and learning …. Among other things, this suggests that exploration, which leads to the opening of new innovation trajectories, requires not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328525
adequacy of current enforcement tools and strategies. A lack of adequate enforcement tools might well undermine the innovation …
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Open innovation is the subject of increased scholarly debate. A lot of attention has thereby been paid to firm …-centered open innovation, characterized by a for-profit motive and the interplay between patents and contracts, resulting in … communities the present paper examines how the law can assist in establishing a new approach to open innovation (‘new' open …
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Various remedies have been suggested to deal with potential hindering effects of patents in the area of plant and human biotechnology – two areas which show remarkable linkages and share similar problems. What many of these suggestions have in common, is their call for a more responsible...
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way firms profit from innovation according to the stage of industry evolution. We argue that in early stages of industry …
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. While the individual effects of engaging in the listed practices on firm innovation are well-understood, the existing … sample of innovation-active firms from the German Community Innovation Survey, which includes information on the development … of standards, enhanced with information on firms' engagement in patenting and publishing. We find that 26% of innovation …
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. While the individual effects of engaging in the listed practices on firm innovation are well-understood, the existing … sample of innovation-active firms from the German Community Innovation Survey, which includes information on the development … of standards, enhanced with information on firms' engagement in patenting and publishing. We find that 26% of innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013266316
This paper analyses whether strategic motives for patenting influence the characteristics of companies' patent portfolios. We use the number of citations and oppositions to represent these characteristics. The investigation is based on survey and patent data from German companies. We find clear...
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