dynamic competition between Italian firms. At the national level the exclusive allocation of the right to patent inventions to … system of protection (provision of a single patent that is valid in all Member States, the abolition of translation … German), to make it easier for competitors to know which is the valid version of the patent. …

analyze the innovation activity of new technology-based firms. The focus is on the process of knowledge creation that fuels … innovation. The analysis is based on an empirical research which regards the new technology-based firms located in Friuli … Innovation Centre of Agemont (Agency for Economic Development of Mountains), which is in Amaro (UD). …