The creation of value through innovation is among the defining traits of new technology-driven ventures. In this paper …. On average, for every Euro of EIF-supported VC financing, start-ups generated 2.74 Euro of private innovation value. …

intellectual property rights and of offshoring costs on the rate of innovation and on the offshoring intensity. In chapter 4 I … estimate knowledge spillovers through outsourcing relationships between German firms, measured by the number of those firms …

This paper studies the consequences of parallel import (PI) on process innovation of firms heterogeneous in their …. The impact of PI on innovation is determined by the degree of heterogeneity between firms and trade costs. Increasing … market, hence increases its innovation efforts. A tariff policy accompanied by opening borders to PI only increases welfare …

assumptions information about energy expenditures, knowledge spillovers and the parameters governing the R&D process are …

debated policy tools, as IPR protection addresses knowledge market failure, while EPs respond to pressing local and global … Moment estimator. We show that knowledge transfer through patent duplication increases with the level of IPR protection, but …

lobbying on energy innovation and finds that they significantly affect the incentives to innovate and create cleaner energy …