, but only for firms that engage in in-licensing and only for product innovation. The relationship between fragmentation and …

higher innovative performance for firms that do not in-license. Furthermore, the effects of fragmentation on innovation also …

, this paper examines the occurrence of IP litigation cases in Belgian firms using the 2013 Community Innovation Survey with … supplemental information on IP litigation and patent portfolios. The rich survey information regarding firms' general innovation … imitation and incremental innovation. Our results indicate that when controlling for firms' IP portfolio, the composition of …

From a firm's perspective two competing forces are driving the decision to invest in innovation. On the one hand …, innovative performance is an important driver of profitability and growth. On the other hand, investments in innovation suffer … from negative externalities, i.e. spillovers to other firms, and hence imitation could be induced. To preempt imitation …

affect firms' innovation strategy choices, concretely, whether to abstain from innovation, to introduce products that are … known in the market but new to the firm (imitation) or to introduce market novelties (innovation). Using a sample of 1253 … effectiveness is low or medium, both innovation and imitation are enhanced, whereas if it is high, only innovation is enhanced. …

affect firms' innovation strategy choices, concretely, whether to abstain from innovation, to introduce products that are … known in the market but new to the firm (imitation) or to introduce market novelties (innovation). Using a sample of 1253 … effectiveness is low or medium, both innovation and imitation are enhanced, whereas if it is high, only innovation is enhanced. …

In Germany, R&D subsidies are an important tool to support innovation in the private sector. This paper studies the … profits are similar to effects on spillovers to the rest of the German economy. Besides results show that the subsidy rate …