This Ph.D. dissertation studies innovation in Germany from 1877 to 1914. The German patents that had survived for at … least ten years are used as a proxy of innovation. The introduction briefly outlines the issues to be investigated. The … distribution of patents across industries and across regions. The second chapter investigates the regional innovation system (RIS …

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 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 …

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 …

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