We estimate the determinants of various types of product innovation. Knowledge spillovers from rivals have a positive … impact on incremental innovations. This impact is largely independent of the participation in R&D cooperations. Spillovers … exert no such independent influence on drastic innovation activities. The results support the hypothesis that establishments …

knowledge spillovers are unmeasurable, a 'goodness of fit' measure is constructed using innovation survey data. It turns out … that measures of the uncentered correlation of firm characteristics seem to fit actual knowledge spillovers best. Direct … measures constructed from innovation survey data appear to work reasonably well while measures of the Euclidean technological …

-efficient reallocation of patent profits induce positive spillovers within multinational groups. The implementation of a patent box in a … per implied tax rate differential. Furthermore, our findings suggest that patent boxes generate negative spillovers on …This paper analyzes externalities of patent box regimes in Europe. Tax reductions in foreign affiliates of a firm that …

Classical patent literature assumes that patents grant well-defined legal rights to exclude others from practicing an … invention. In this scenario, start-up companies benefit from the exclusive right to commercialize patent-protected inventions … and the certification effect of patents which signals the ventures’ “quality” to investors. If the decision about patent …

market (innovation). It turns out that spillovers from rivals lead to more imitation, while inputs from customers and …We estimate the effect of R&D spillovers on sales realized by products new to the firm (imitation) and new to the … research institutions enhance original innovation. …

the Third Community Innovation Survey from Germany, we focus on the role of spillovers in explaining R&D cooperation. We …

of received knowledge spillovers, we found no higher probability of publicly supported innovations for firms in Germany …

by increasing the value of waiting. This paper presents empirical evidence that patent protection mitigates the effect …

of critical knowledge. Given that a patent specification has to include a clear description of the patented matter so … to patent law. This paper provides a model identifying the incentives for firms to deliberately obscure their inventive … knowledge in a patent specification. …