Established in 1988, the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence recognises organisations in the USA, Mexico and Canada …

effect). This study has practical implications for regulators, corporations and investors, both in the USA and abroad. …

the enactment of the first nationwide German patent law in 1877 and 1932. This patent act enabled both, national and … the cross-border importance of patent protection for domestic and foreign inventors and economies is still …-1932. Therefore, we study the potential influence of patent laws, institutional quality, and primary and secondary schooling. Controls …

uses patent renewal data. Employing Cox regression technique, we explore the question what factors (such as patent …’s technological class and patentee’s nationality) impact patent survival. The concluding part of this dissertation summarizes the main … results and points out tentative directions for further research using this patent data set. …

based on a novel dataset constructed from multiple sources: inventor surveys, the United States Patent and Trademark Office … strategies. In particular, firms are more likely to use a patent for strategic defensive purposes when they have larger amounts …