We investigate the causal effect of patent rights on cumulative innovation, using large-scale data that approximate the …

We study the blocking effect of patents on follow-on innovation by others. We posit that follow-on innovation requires … freedom to operate (FTO), which firms typically obtain through a license from the patentee holding the original innovation …. Where licensing fails, follow-on innovation is blocked unless firms gain FTO through patent invalidation. Using large …

-in-differences design to causally identify the short-run impact of COVID-19 on innovation spending in 2020 and expected innovation spending … substantially reduced innovation expenditure not only in the first year of the pandemic (2020) but also in the two subsequent years …, indicating ’Long–Covid’ effects on innovation. In 2020, innovation expenditure fell by 4.7 % due to the pandemic. In 2022 …

Organisation capital is one of the key intangible assets of firms, driving innovation and firm performance. Measuring … considered as a measure of a firm' organisation capital. Using panel data from the German innovation survey, we find higher … organisational innovation. …

gleichzeitig die deutsche Teilerhebung der in allen EG-Ländern durchgeführten 'Community Innovation Survey' dar. Der Fragebogen …