Nanomaterials are seen as a key technology for the 21st Century, and much is expected of them in terms of innovation … products. In this context, it seems all the more important for regions to put their own innovation systems in place, and to … conditions and configurations allow a regional innovation system to be competitive in a cutting-edge technology like …

Research and development (R&D) in the field of nanomaterials is expected to be a major driver of innovation and … firm, regional - or even country-level data. Estimating the effects for the entire national system of innovation, however …

Functioning markets for technology are an important determinant for the type, scope and distribution of innovation … sectoral pattern of innovation and the distance of a country's industry to the global technological frontier. We explore these … dimensions based on longitudinal industry-level data from the Community Innovation Survey. We find that the demand on markets for …

to corporate investors, especially if these are closely related to the patent portfolio of the acquirer. …

for a target increases with the patent stock, the relatedness, the value and the blocking potential of the target …'s patents, especially if blocking patents are in technology fields related to the acquiring firm's patent portfolio. Our results …

blocking patents are in technology fields related to the acquiring firm's patent portfolio. Our results have implications for …

In recent years, firms have increasingly contributed to and been confronted with a patent landscape characterized by … numerous but marginal inventions, overlapping claims and patent fences. Literature suggests that both the fragmentation of … ownership and the threat of a firm's patent applications being blocked by competitors' patents lead to increased patenting and …

for a target increases with the patent stock, the relatedness, the value and the blocking potential of the target …'s patents, especially if blocking patents are in technology fields related to the acquiring firm's patent portfolio. Our results …

In recent years, firms have increasingly contributed to and been confronted with a patent landscape characterized by … numerous but marginal inventions, overlapping claims and patent fences. Literature suggests that both the fragmentation of … ownership and the threat of a firm's patent applications being blocked by competitors' patents lead to increased patenting and …