on the basis of patent data was conducted and a weighted bivariate probit model was estimated on the citation probability … of industry and science on the basis of a combined sample of citing and cited patent pairs and an equal number of control … patent pairs. The empirical results suggest that there are considerable differences in the citation probability. Cultural …

This paper investigates how patent applications and grants held by new ventures improve their ability to attract … British biotechnology companies we have identified all patents filed at the European Patent Office (EPO). Applying hazard rate … analysis, we find that in the presence of patent applications, VC financing occurs earlier. Our results also show that VCs pay …

publishing distinguishing between different types of patents for a large sample of professors active in Germany. Our results show …

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

biotech industry in Germany. We assume that R&D policy was driven blind by the idea to catch up with world’s biotech leaders … and analyse if Germany’s R&D policy lost its origins. We do examine, if Germany sacrifice economic funding principles, in …

The paper tests empirically the role of knowledge stocks to explain the regional distribution of Germany …