market (innovation). It turns out that spillovers from rivals lead to more imitation, while inputs from customers and … research institutions enhance original innovation. …

, this paper examines the occurrence of IP litigation cases in Belgian firms using the 2013 Community Innovation Survey with … supplemental information on IP litigation and patent portfolios. The rich survey information regarding firms’ general innovation … imitation and incremental innovation. Our results indicate that when controlling for firms’ IP portfolio, the composition of …

recipients' investment is less sensitive to internal liquidity. -- Research and development ; liquidity constraints ; innovation …

Innovation is commercialization of technology. Imperfections in markets for technology should leave marks on physical … investments for innovation. Two types of transaction costs could affect innovative investments: royality stacking and hold … ownership fragmentation on investments related to innovation for firms with small patent portfolios. Hold-up threats are …

We investigate the effect of profit-sharing on product and process innovation. Profit-sharing is a credible commitment … that the introduction of profit-sharing only spurs product innovation. …

In October 2013, the European Commission presented a new indicator intended to capture innovation outputs and outcomes … usefulness of the new indicator against the background of the difficulties in measuring innovation outputs and outcomes. We … develop a unique conceptual framework for measuring innovation outcomes that distinguishes structural change and structural …

privately financed R&D and subsidyinduced R&D investment to evaluate their respective effects on innovation performance. The … collaborate internationally as well as for SMEs. -- Innovation Policy ; Subsidies ; R&D ; SMEs ; International Collaboration … ; Treatment Effects ; Innovation Performance …

The paper analyzes how geographical clustering of beneficiaries might affect the effectiveness of public innovation … facilitate innovation through knowledge spillovers and other localization advantages. Public innovation support programs may …

substitution effects or general innovation outcome measures, but we are interested in knowing where the policy effect is highest …: on innovation close to the market (i.e. incremental innovation) or on innovation that is still far from the market and … market failure is highest, that is, for radical innovation. Taking into account that the Swiss funding agency encourages …