Using novel data on European firms, this paper investigates the relationship between business groups and innovation … group affiliation is particularly important for innovation in industries that rely more on external funding and in groups … knowledge spillovers are not the main driver of innovation in business groups because firms affiliated with the same group do …

Innovation comprises the processes of invention and commercialization. While the importance of innovation, especially … innovation and, in particular, builds on the evolutionary explanation of technology development, the Teecian framework on … profiting from innovation, Transaction Cost Economics (TCE), the Knowledge-Based View (KBV), and open innovation and innovation …

Innovation comprises the processes of invention and commercialization. While the importance of innovation, especially … innovation and, in particular, builds on the evolutionary explanation of technology development, the Teecian framework on … profiting from innovation, Transaction Cost Economics (TCE), the Knowledge-Based View (KBV), and open innovation and innovation …

This paper investigates the impact of returnee entrepreneurs and their knowledge spillovers on innovation in high … entrepreneurs create a significant spillover effect that promotes innovation in other local high-tech firms. The extent of this … employees. Multinational enterprises' R&D activities positively affect the innovation intensity of non-returnee firms only when …

This Ph.D. dissertation studies innovation in Germany from 1877 to 1914. The German patents that had survived for at … distribution of patents across industries and across regions. The second chapter investigates the regional innovation system (RIS … uses patent renewal data. Employing Cox regression technique, we explore the question what factors (such as patent’s …

innovation, either to reduce production costs for a given output, to create a new product or service, or to deliver products to …

Technology and innovation play an increasingly important role in the economic development of both developed and … innovation or imitation by developing a conceptual model and then empirically testing it using pesticide innovation data from a … rapidly developing country, China. We find that the government encouraged local innovation by opening regions to more …

The aim of this doctoral thesis is to look at the worldwide relevance of high-value patents granted in Germany between … the enactment of the first nationwide German patent law in 1877 and 1932. This patent act enabled both, national and … invention. Much research is done on patents and their economic effects within national borders at macro and micro levels. But …

market. The present scheme forawarding patents cannot judge when the issuance of a patent will lead tothe appropriate balance … between innovation and economic efficiency.Where a patent holder's invention uses an interface with adjacentproducts, the … goods; design changes tomedical devices; and changes in drug formulas. While the patent lawsprovide a spur to innovation by …

, United Kingdom, and United States). Byusing patents and patent citations at the United States Patent and Trademark Office we … spillovers, patent citations related spillovers, and face-to-face contact spillovers. Ourresults, based on data for Argentina … effects, bilateral patent citations and face-to-face relationships between inventors are bothimportant additional mechanisms …