In this paper we contribute to the discussion on whether intellectual property rights foster or hinder innovation by … sequential innovation process. We use this task to investigate the effects of intellectual property allowing subjects to assign … innovation paths. Subjects act more self-reliant and non-optimally in order to avoid paying license fees. Our results suggest …

, Germany, Portugal and Spain using Community Innovation Survey data from 2008. We find that vertical cooperation and knowledge …This paper analyzes the effect of different cooperation forms on innovation in small and medium enterprises in Belgium … Portugal. However, our results suggest that SME are not able to capitalize from these cooperations. We find a significant and …