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Measuring the spillovers of venture capital

Schnitzer, Monika; Watzinger, Martin - 2017

We provide the first measurement of knowledge spillovers from venture capital-financed companies onto the patenting activities of other companies. On average, these spillovers are nine times larger than those generated by the R&D investment of established companies. Spillover effects are larger...

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How antitrust enforcement can spur innovation : Bell Labs and the 1956 consent

Watzinger, Martin; Fackler, Thomas; Nagler, Markus; … - 2017

harmful for innovation and if so, whether compulsory licensing can provide an effective remedy. The consent decree settled an …-on innovation building on Bell patents by 17%. This effect is driven mainly by young and small companies. Yet, innovation increased … only outside the telecommunications equipment industry. The lack of a positive innovation effect in the telecommunications …

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The breakup of the Bell System and its impact on US innovation

Watzinger, Martin; Schnitzer, Monika - 2022

We analyze the effects of the 1984 breakup of the Bell System on the rate, diversity, and direction of US innovation … diversity of telecommunications innovation increased. Total patenting by US inventors related to telecommunications increased by …

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Standing on the shoulders of science

Watzinger, Martin; Schnitzer, Monika - 2019

marketplace inventions. Our study informs the debate on the merits of science for corporate innovation and the origins of …

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