Schmidt, Tobias - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2006
protection methods in an industry on the innovation activities of firms using external knowledge. One goal is to assess if firms … have moved to a more open innovation business model, i.e. allow more knowledge spillovers to occur despite using protection … disclosure requirement of patents generates some spillover and at the same time allows firms to appropriate knowledge. In this …