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We examine how collaborator loss affects knowledge workers in corporate R&D. We argue that such a loss affects the …
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Based on an established theoretical framework of the drivers of inventive performance, the so-called KSAO (Knowledge …
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characteristics of European inventors, the sources of their knowledge, the importance of formal and informal collaborations, the …
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linked fields. Our analysis uses 1.8 million U.S. patents and their citation properties to map the innovation network and its … strength. Past innovation network structures are calculated using citation patterns across technology classes during 1975 … predictive power on future innovation after 1995. This pattern is consistent with the idea that when there is more past upstream …
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We analyze the impact of the probabilistic nature of patents on the functioning of Germany’s bifurcated patent litigation system where infringement and validity of a patent are decided independently by different courts. We show that bifurcation creates situations in which a patent is held...
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We examine how collaborator loss affects knowledge workers in corporate R&D. We argue that such a loss affects the …
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Through a survey, economic value estimates were obtained on 962 inventions made in the United States and Germany and on which German patent renewal fees were paid to full-term expiration in 1995. A search of subsequent U.S. and German patents yielded a count of citations to those patents....
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Financing constraints have been discussed as a major obstacle to innovation. Small and mediumsized enterprises and … sense and as instruments for financing innovation. It also discusses implications of these developments for public policy …
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This paper investigates how patent applications and grants held by new ventures improve their ability to attract venture capital (VC) financing. We argue that investors are faced with considerable uncer-tainty and therefore rely on patents as signals when trying to assess the prospects of...
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