patents; however, most patent databases contain no information on whether patents have been commercialized, i.e., whether … commercialization variables. For this purpose, I use a unique database on Swedish patents that includes information on whether patents …

One of the major reasons why inventors are awarded patents by governments is they encourage R&D investments and … 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 …

I apply a survival model to a detailed dataset of Swedish patents to estimate how different factors affect the … likelihood of patent renewal. Since the owners know more about the patents than potential external financiers, there is a problem … venture capital. The empirical results show that patents which have received soft government financing in the R&D-phase have a …

This paper analyzes the interplay between social norms and economic incentives in the context of work decision in the …

This paper analyzes the interplay between social norms and economic incentives in the context of work decisions in the …

database on Swedish patents owned by individuals and small firms, this paper analyzes how different forms of external financing … influence the outcome when patents are commercialized. The estimations show that projects with soft government financing in the …

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 …

entrepreneurial effort, entrepre-neurial innovation and capital investment. Because of these constraints, the entrepreneurial project …

entrepreneurs with respect to commercialization as well as the rate of innovation. We find that stronger intellectual property … them. Consequently, we demonstrate that competition policy has a clearer role in promoting a higher rate of innovation in … increasing the rate of entrepreneurial innovation. …