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Inventing in the Shadow of the Patent System : Evidence from 19th-Century Patents and Prizes for Technological Innovations
Khan, B. Zorina - 2014
success of the invention. Prize-oriented institutions thus appear to be less systematic and not as market-oriented as patent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013040534
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Inventors and Pirates : Creative Activity and Intellectual Property Rights
Grossman, Herschel I. - 2021
This paper analyzes how both the value of ideas created as well as the security of intellectual property rights result from the choices of potentially creative people either to engage in creative activity or to be pirates, and from decisions of people who are engaged in creative activity to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013249223
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State-Dependent Intellectual Property Rights Policy
Acemoglu, Daron - 2016
What form of intellectual property rights (IPR) policy contributes to economic growth? Should technological followers be able to license the products of technological leaders? Should a company with a large technological lead receive the same IPR protection as a company with a more limited lead?...
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The Value of Patents as Indicators of Inventive Activity
Pakes, Ariel; Hall, Bronwyn H.; Griliches, Zvi - 2021
level of patenting; analyzes the relationship between patents, R&D, and tire stock market value of firms; reports on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013240643
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The Decline of the Independent Inventor : A Schumpterian Story?
Lamoreaux, Naomi R. - 2014
capital requirements%u2014both financial and human%u2014for effective invention and the need for inventors to establish a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012752521
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Does Venture Capital Spur Innovation?
Kortum, Samuel S. - 2014
While policymakers often assume venture capital has a profound impact on innovation, that premise has not been evaluated systematically. We address this omission by examining the influence of venture capital on patented inventions in the United States across twenty industries over three decades....
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Econometric Evidence on the R&D Depreciation Rate
de Rassenfosse, Gaétan - 2017
This paper presents estimates of the R&D depreciation rate using survey data on Australian inventions. Its novelty is twofold. First, it relies on direct observation of the revenue streams of inventions. This is in sharp contrast with previous studies, which all rely on models based on indirect...
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Grilichesian Breakthroughs : Inventions of Methods of Inventing and Firm Entry in Nanotechnology
Darby, Michael R.; Zucker, Lynne G. - 2021
methods of inventing. For hybrid seed corn, the enabling invention was double-cross hybridization yielding highly productive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013229104
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Words in Patents : Research Inputs and the Value of Innovativeness in Invention
Packalen, Mikko - 2014
established knowledge. When recent advances create superior opportunities for invention, their adoption as research inputs in the … invention process promotes technological progress. The gains from pursuing such innovative research paths may, however, be very … the existing knowledge base. In this paper, we first develop a new approach to identifying research inputs in invention …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013065176
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The Effect of Taxes on Royalties and the Migration of Intangible Assets Abroad
Mutti, John - 2010
Migration of intangible assets from the United States to foreign countries has become easier due to the ability of U.S. firms to create hybrid entities in their affiliates abroad and to reach favorable cost sharing agreements with them. This strategy was particularly encouraged by the U.S....
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