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Market size, institutions, and the value of rights provided by patents

Straathof, Bas; Veldhuizen, Sander van - Centraal Planbureau (CPB), Government of the Netherlands - 2012

-evidence indicating the value of patent rights for a given technology show substantial variation across countries. Read also the <a href="http://www.cpb.nl/en/publication/the-value-of-a-well-designed-eu-patent …">CPB Policy Brief 2012/05 'The value of a well-designed EU Patent'</a>. A large part of this variation can be attributed to … market size and institutional arrangements. We estimate the value of patent rights by exploiting the validation behavior of …

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Do market failures hamper the perspectives of broadband?

Dijk, Machiel van; Minne, Bert; Mulder, Machiel; Wiel, … - Centraal Planbureau (CPB), Government of the Netherlands - 2005

This report analyses the broadband market and asks whether a specific role of government is necessary. As broadband telecommunication is seen as a source of productivity gains, the European Union and other regions are encouraging the deployment of a secure broadband infrastructure. In the...

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Regulation of telecommunication and deployment of broadband

Dijk, Machiel van; Mulder, Machiel - Centraal Planbureau (CPB), Government of the Netherlands - 2005

This memorandum explores the question whether regulation in telecommunications encourages or hampers the development of new technologies. Contrary to other network industries, the telecommunications industry is more and more characterized by several, competing networks, such as cable, copper,...

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Improving the energy efficiency of building: The impact of environmental policy on technological innovation

Noailly, Joëlle - Centraal Planbureau (CPB), Government of the Netherlands - 2010

energy R&D expenditures. Technological innovation is measured using patent counts for specific technologies related to energy … likelihood to patent. Governmental energy R&D support has a small positive significant effect on patenting activities. …

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Concurrentie, innovatie en intellectuele eigendomsrechten in software markten

Bijlsma, Michiel; Bijl, Paul de; Kocsis, Viktoria - Centraal Planbureau (CPB), Government of the Netherlands - 2009

This study analyzes under which circumstances it may be desirable for the government to stimulate open source software as a response to market failures in software markets. To consider whether policy intervention can increase dynamic efficiency, we discuss the differences between proprietary...

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Knowledge diffusion from FDI and Intellectual Property Rights

Smeets, Roger; Vaal, Albert de - Centraal Planbureau (CPB), Government of the Netherlands - 2011

We study the extent to which a country's strength of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) protection mediates knowledge spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Following the opposing views in the IPR debate, we propose a negative effect of IPR strength on unintentional horizontal...

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Systems of innovation

Weel, Bas ter; Soete, L.; Verspagen, B. - Centraal Planbureau (CPB), Government of the Netherlands - 2010

We review the literature on national innovation systems. We first focus on the emergence of the concept of innovation systems, reviewing its historical origins and three main flavours (associated to three â€œfounding fathersâ€ of the concept). After this, we discuss how the notion of...

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Innovation policy; Europe or the member states?

Horst, Albert van der; Lejour, Arjan; Straathof, Bas - Centraal Planbureau (CPB), Government of the Netherlands - 2006

Innovation seldom has purely domestic causes and consequences, but how can a European innovation policy complement or substitute national policies? Taking the subsidiarity principle as a starting point, this report discusses the economic rationale of a European innovation policy. Explorative...

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The Principle of Subsidiarity and Innovation Support Measures

Lejour, Arjan - Centraal Planbureau (CPB), Government of the Netherlands - 2008

Innovation is a policy area in which the European Union (EU) has the competence to support, coordinate and supplement Member States policies according to the new Lisbon Treaty (2007). The Member States (MS) have the primacy in this area and the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality...

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R&D in Worldscan

Visser, Sabine - Centraal Planbureau (CPB), Government of the Netherlands - 2007

In March 2000, the European Unionâ€™s Lisbon Agenda identified the low level of R&D as an important reason for Europeâ€™s lacking economic growth. Seven years later, innovation still has the full attention of policy makers around Europe. <span style="color: #000000;">Given the prominent role of innovation in...</span>

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