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We develop a theory of innovation for entry and sale into oligopoly, and show that inventions of higher quality are …
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use both academic publications and patent data to trace the geographical distribution of related knowledge and innovation …
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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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Within the policy debate, there is a fear that large incumbent firms buy small firms' inventions to ensure that they are not used in the market. We show that such "acquisitions for sleep" can occur if and only if the quality of a process invention is small; otherwise, the entry profit will be...
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We develop a theory of commercialization mode (entry or sale) of entrepreneurial inventions into oligopoly, and show that an invention of higher quality is more likely to be sold (or licensed) to an incumbent due to strategic product market effects on the sales price. Moreover, preemptive...
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innovation and international technology transfer in general. The literature suggests that patent protection in a host country … encourages technology transfer to that country but that its impact on innovation and development is much more ambiguous. We then … externalities, implies that patent protection may not be the optimal instrument for encouraging innovation in this area, especially …
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