The battle for patent rights / Dietmar Harhoff -- Intellectual property, competition and the value of UK firms … property rights induce more patents? / Sung Jin Kang and Hwan Joo Seo -- What is different about innovation in Asia? / Arnoud … Nagaoka -- Complex innovation strategies and patenting behaviour / Carine Peeters and Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie …

innovation and intellectual property. Scholars from leading worldwide institutions use quantitative methods and advanced survey … techniques to explore the complex relationship between patents, innovation, venture capital and scientific research. The book … focuses on three broad issues: the valuation of patents, the transfer of knowledge, and the management of innovation and …

quality, follow-on innovation. Winning a first patent boosts a startup's subsequent growth and innovation by facilitating ….S. Patent Office since 2001, we find that startups that win the patent “lottery” by drawing lenient examiners have, on average …, 55% higher employment growth and 80% higher sales growth five years later. Patent winners also pursue more, and higher …