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 … R&D is undertaken at universities in Sweden. The commercialization rate is higher among small firms and entrepreneurs …

commercialization; entrepreneurship or licenses to established firms, as well as on probabilities of successful commercialization. We …This paper analyzes how institutional differences affect university entrepreneurship. We focus on ownership of faculty … find that the US system is less conducive to entrepreneurship than the Swedish system if established firms have some …

commercialization variables. For this purpose, I use a unique database on Swedish patents that includes information on whether patents … are commercialized and whether the commercialization is profitable. The estimations show that commercialization is … patent quality indicators and estimated parameters in the model, probabilities of commercialization and successful …

entrepreneurs with respect to commercialization as well as the rate of innovation. We find that stronger intellectual property …

External financing is important when inventors and small technology-based firms wish to commercialize their inventions …

time it takes until commercialization starts. To the best of my knowledge, such an analysis has not been undertaken before …. For external financing of patent projects and small technology-based firms, Sweden has during long time relied on … commercialized. It seems like the government financing creates a pool of patents with bad perspectives of commercialization. The …

of invention, innovation (commercialization) and imitation. We show why there is a rationale for the Schumpeterian … possibilities of successful commercialization since the inventor may further adapt the innovation to customer needs, transmit … show improved commercialization performance when the patent is licensed or sold to an entrepreneur, or if the inventor is …

of commercialization (entry or sale) in network industries showing that high equilibrium acquisition prices are driven by …

commercialization of inventions. If the patent holder commercializes his invention, he has stronger incentives to retain the patent. The … purpose here is to empirically analyze the relationship between commercialization and the renewal of patents. At the same time … if there are any third factors (quality of the patent) that affect the commercialization and renewal decisions. Using a …