an innovation rewarding institution. According to our analysis, pharma patents have constituted legal barriers to protect …

different configurations of the patent system upon innovation and competition. The model is able to replicate the main stylized … adverse effects in terms of innovation outcomes, as well as of market competition and consumer welfare. Such general …

In this work, we explore the relations between sales growth and a set of innovation indicators that capture the … different sources, modes and results of the innovative activity undertaken within firms. We exploit a rich panel on innovation …-2011. Standard GMM-panel estimates of the average effect of innovation activities reveal significant and positive effect for internal …

This work investigates the relationship between proxies of innovation activities, such as patents and trademarks, and …

and direction of innovation, but at the same time confined to the role of payer of first and last resort, with dire …

A toxic-free world is one of the goals of the European Green Deal and a key objective of the World Health Organization …

&D) strategies using Community Innovation Survey (CIS) data on the Dutch manufacturing sector. The focus of the research is whether M …&A affect corporate innovation strategies, favouring in-house R&D and innovation expenses versus external technological sourcing …. The results show that M&A activities have a positive and significant impact on innovation investments by firms, and …

investment, notably in intangibles, and innovation outcomes as measured by cite-weighted patents; they trigger faster growth in …