patent data of seven auto component sector firms from Germany with a documented history of contributing cost … standardization. The study shows that frugal inventions in the investigated firms are often driven by individual inventors, while … potentials of open global innovation networks are under-utilized. Furthermore, the study shows that frugality can (only) be …

innovate. Still, in idea-rich environments inventors may share them without contractual protection. Idea density is enhanced by … firms ensuring rewards to inventors, while their legal boundaries limit idea leakage. As firms limit idea circulation, the … even developed in both firms and markets. -- Ideas ; Innovation ; Entrepreneurship ; Firm Organization ; Start-Ups …

. 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 …

of the receiving country. We test the empirical implications of our model using patent data in renewable and fossil … Moment estimator. We show that knowledge transfer through patent duplication increases with the level of IPR protection, but … more sensitive to uncertainty. Commitment to EPs also increases the incentives for patent duplication. The magnitude of the …

lobbying on energy innovation and finds that they significantly affect the incentives to innovate and create cleaner energy …

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 …