FDI can be an important channel for developing countries’ ability to get access to new technology. The impact of FDI on … demonstration effects could have a positive impact. Another and so far little examined effect of FDI on technology development in … domestically-owned firms is through the impact on competition. We examine the effect of FDI on competition in the Chinese …

Using a unique database on individual Swedish patents, a survival model estimates how different factors influence the …-owners’ costs during the R&D-phase that are covered by government financial support, the longer time it takes until the patents are … commercialized. It seems like the government financing creates a pool of patents with bad perspectives of commercialization. The …

In this paper, I analyze the commercialization of patents in the Swedish medicine & hygiene sector. A unique database … makes it possible to use a new method, where I follow the commercialization process of individual patents. A surprisingly … commercialization, 90% of the patents are commercialized in existing firms and only 10% in new start-ups. Few patents are sold or …

This paper investigates how the entry mode of foreign direct investment (FDI) affects the affiliate R&D activities …

We analyze how the entry mode of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) affects affiliate R&D activities. Using unique …

more important when there is an increase in network effects. A consequence is higher innovation incentives under an … reducing bidding competition, thereby also reducing acquisition prices and innovation incentives. …

of highly valued products. In so doing, we suggest an innovation policy framework based on two pillars: (i) the … sophisticated knowledge investments and to stimulate the creation, diffusion and productive use of knowledge in all sectors of the … economy. We argue that the latter area has been overlooked in the policy discussion and that a coherent innovation policy …