. Under speed-dependent evolution, a patent-based system will fail to target socially optimal innovation size. The overall … competitors. The paper examines the capacity for decentralised patent-based incentive mechanisms to result in socially optimal … incompatibility between the dynamics of the patent system and the dynamics of the resistance problem under both types of evolution …

patent data of seven auto component sector firms from Germany with a documented history of contributing cost … potentials of open global innovation networks are under-utilized. Furthermore, the study shows that frugality can (only) be …

The creation of value through innovation is among the defining traits of new technology-driven ventures. In this paper … 1996 to 2014, as measured through patent applications. The paper is structured around two main parts. The first part … presents a series of descriptive statistics on EIF's VC investee patent portfolio and discusses some of the strategic aspects …

We examine the relationship between competition and innovation in an industry where production is polluting and R …&D aims to reduce emissions ("green" innovation). We present an n-firm oligopoly where firms compete in quantities and decide …

. We use patent citation data to break down innovation into two types by measuring the degree to which innovation performed …This research sheds light on the role of product scope on the innovation activity of multinational multi-product firms … focus on two features in multinational production: (i) fundamental innovation is geographically more difficult to transfer …