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Defacto and Deeded Intellectual Property : Knowledge-Driven Co-Evolution of Firm Collaboration Boundaries and IPR Strategy

Zucker, Lynne G. - 2014

Research on intellectual property has focused on formal legally recorded rights that we call deeded, most often measured by granted patents. Meanwhile, other "defacto" IP (mainly purposive secrecy and natural excludability) has become more important because of the increasing closeness of...

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R&D Sourcing, Joint Ventures and Innovation : A Multiple Indicators Approach

Adams, James D.; Marcu, Mircea - 2021

consider the effects of sourcing, RJVs, and the firm's internal research on innovation, as defined by patents and new products …. Our results are that sourcing has little effect on innovation, but that RJVs and internal research increase innovation …. This suggests specialization: cost saving is the primary motivation for sourcing, while innovation is the primary …

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Patent Pools and the Direction of Innovation - Evidence from the 19th-Century Sewing Machine Industry

Lampe, Ryan - 2014

that pools encourage innovation in pool technologies, albeit at the cost of innovation in substitutes. Empirical evidence … innovations by new firms for a historical pool in the sewing machine industry (1856-1877) to examine effects on innovation …. Contrary to theoretical predictions, this analysis suggests that pools may discourage innovation in pool technologies and shift …

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The Control of Strategic Alliances : An Empirical Analysis of Biotechnology Collaborations

Merges, Robert P.; Lerner, Josh - 2021

In this paper, we examine the determinants of control rights in technology strategic alliances between biotechnology firms and pharmaceutical corporations, as well as with other biotechnology firms. We undertake three clinical studies and an empirical analysis of 200 contracts. Consistent with...

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Early Academis Science and the Birth of Industrial Research Laboratories in the U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry

MacGarvie, Megan; Furman, Jeffrey L. - 2022

The establishment and growth of industrial research laboratories is one of the key organizational innovations affecting technological progress in the United States in the 20th century. In this paper, we investigate the rise of industrial research laboratories in the U.S. pharmaceutical industry...

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The Structure and Performance of U.S. Research Joint Ventures : Inferences and Implications from the Advanced Technology Program

Link, Albert - 2017

Research Joint Ventures (RJVs) are projects that combine the research resources of different firms. A sample of RJVs supported by the U.S. Advanced Technology Program shows that the projects yield revenues that are far less than costs. Related to this point, the RJVs are subject to...

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The Contribution of Chinese Diaspora Researchers to Global Science and China's Catching Up in Scientific Research

Xie, Qingnan; Freeman, Richard B. - 2022

This study examines the contribution of Chinese diaspora researchers – those born in China but working outside the country – to China's catching up in global science to become a world leader in research publications and citations. Using a novel name-based way to identify Chinese diaspora...

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Ivory Tower Versus Corporate Lab : An Empirical Study of Basic Research and Appropriability

Trajtenberg, Manuel; Henderson, Rebecca M.; Jaffe, Adam B. - 2021

We explore the use of patent citations to measure the "basicness" and appropriability of inventions. We propose that the basicness of research underlying an invention can be characterized by the nature of the previous patents cited by an invention; that the basicness of research outcomes relates...

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Do Equity Financing Cycles Matter? Evidence from Biotechnology Alliances

Tsai, Alexander - 2014

While the variability of public equity financing has been long recognized, its impact on firms has attracted little empirical scrutiny. This paper examines one setting where theory suggests that variations in financing conditions should matter, alliances between small Ramp;D firms and major...

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The Economics of Technology Sharing : Open Source and Beyond

Tirole, Jean; Lerner, Josh - 2021

This paper reviews our understanding of the growing open source movement. We highlight how many aspects of open source software appear initially puzzling to an economist. As we have acknowledge, our ability to answer confidently many of the issues raised here questions is likely to increase as...

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