output. Research units that source research ideas from small and medium-sized firms (SMEs) patent more, but not more …

output. Research units that source research ideas from small and medium-sized firms (SMEs) patent more, but not more …

of a sample of 678 professors at 46 higher education institutions in Germany shows that a higher share of industry … subsequent years. For patents, we find that industry funding increases their quality measured by patent citations. …

sample of 678 professors at 46 higher education institutions in Germany shows that a higher share of industry funding of a …. For patents, we find that industry funding increases their quality measured by patent citations. …

quality) than their European counterparts after patent rights for software inventions were introduced. We then introduce a …

main focus is the direct impact of subsidies on R&D and the indirect effect on innovation output measured by patent … of a patent production function. It turns out that both purely privately financed R&D and publicly induced R&D show a …

of a sample of 678 professors at 46 higher education institutions in Germany shows that a higher share of industry … subsequent years. For patents, we find that industry funding increases their quality measured by patent citations. …

SME in Western and East-ern Germany are compared because these regions are very different in their supply of public R … external resources. In Eastern Germany, firms are not sensitive to external constraints, possibly due to high public R …&D subsidies. The results suggest that R&D in Eastern Germany is to a large extent driven by public subsidies since the German re …