sufficiently high. Finally, we investigate a class of licensing agreements used to settle patent disputes between patent holders …This paper investigates the choice of an intellectual protection regime for a process innovation. We set up a multi …-stage model in which choosing between patent and trade secrecy is affected by three parameters : the patent strength defined as …

uncertainty, firms frequently engage in R&D collaborations, e.g., Research Joint Ventures (RJVs), and licensing agreements. While … RJVs are well explored in the literature, very little is known about the use of licensing agreements. Building on a novel … database which includes licensing agreements in the semiconductor industry between 1989 and 1999, we estimate a bivariate …

We develop a theory of innovation for entry and sale into oligopoly, and show that inventions of higher quality are …

Immigrants are widely perceived as being highly entrepreneurial and important for economic growth and innovation. This …

-return characteristics of the selected innovation project and the mode of commercialization chosen by entrepreneurs (market entry versus sale …

stage of the patenting process and the interplay with the patent office. This is followed by considering the perspective of … the patent and trademark offices (PTOs), in particular, acknowledging the limited resources that are available to PTOs …