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The Effect of Technological Imitation on Corporate Innovation : Evidence from US Patent Data

Im, Hyun Joong - 2019

Technological imitation may play a crucial role in motivating firms to innovate. However, theoretical predictions and empirical findings on the role of imitation have not yet reached a consensus. One major gap in the previous studies is that the empirical tests are based on samples consisting of...

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An examination of the intertemporal returns of patented inventions

Giummo, Jesse - In: Research Policy 43 (2014) 8, pp. 1312-1319

returns by technology and cumulative patent value. While the returns earned by most patents dissipate rapidly, high valued … patents tend to receive significant returns through the latter part of the patent term. These high valued patents which … selectively renew the subset of high valued patents. …

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Are patents signals for the IPO market? An EU–US comparison for the software industry

Useche, Diego - In: Research Policy 43 (2014) 8, pp. 1299-1311

This study investigates empirically whether patents can be signals to financial markets, thus reducing problems of … that a less ‘applicant friendly’ patenting system increases the credibility of patents as signals and their value for IPO …

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Demand-pull and technology-push public support for eco-innovation: The case of the biofuels sector

Costantini, Valeria; Crespi, Francesco; Martini, Chiara; … - In: Research Policy 44 (2015) 3, pp. 577-595

(BioPat) containing patents in the field of biofuels selected using appropriate keywords and classified according to the … technological content of the invention. Our results generally show that technological capabilities and environmental regulation spur …

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Access to intellectual property for innovation: Evidence on problems and coping strategies from German firms

Mueller, Elisabeth; Cockburn, Iain M.; MacGarvie, Megan - In: Research Policy 42 (2013) 2, pp. 529-541

Transaction costs and contracting problems associated with proliferation of patents may have a negative impact on … larger, more R&D intensive, and had more patents than the corresponding median firm. After controlling for firm …

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Complements and substitutes in profiting from innovation—A choice experimental approach

Fischer, Timo; Henkel, Joachim - In: Research Policy 42 (2013) 2, pp. 326-339

by applying it to analyze interactions between product-related patents and three other appropriability mechanisms. To … communications equipment company. As a result, we find the number of product-related patents to be complementary to the overall size … indications of a substitutive interaction with lead time advantages. Hence, the effectiveness of patents seems to be leveraged by …

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Do important inventions benefit from knowledge originating in other technological domains?

Nemet, Gregory F.; Johnson, Evan - In: Research Policy 41 (2012) 1, pp. 190-200

from one technological domain to another. This study uses U.S. patents granted from 1976 to 2006 to identify the role of …

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How patenting informs VC investors – The case of biotechnology

Haeussler, Carolin; Harhoff, Dietmar; Mueller, Elisabeth - In: Research Policy 43 (2014) 8, pp. 1286-1298

In the presence of asymmetric information, economic agents need to communicate their quality to investors and other parties. This paper investigates how information generated during the patenting process affects the ability of new ventures to attract VC financing. While much of the literature on...

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Intellectual property protection in plant varieties: A worldwide index (1961–2011)

Campi, Mercedes; Nuvolari, Alessandro - In: Research Policy 44 (2015) 4, pp. 951-964

In this paper, we construct a new index measuring the strength of intellectual property (IP) protection for plant varieties in 69 countries over the period 1961–2011. We examine the statistical properties of the index and compare it with other indicators of IP protection. We conclude that the...

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Pre-empted patents, infringed patents and firms’ participation in markets for technology

Grimpe, Christoph; Hussinger, Katrin - In: Research Policy 43 (2014) 3, pp. 543-554

resolve or at least alleviate these problems. In this paper, we investigate the effect of pre-empted and infringed patents on … show that firms engage in in-licensing as a reaction to pre-empted patents and in cross-licensing if their protected IP was …

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