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A set of U.S.-based companies is investigated regarding the effectiveness of intellectual property protection mechanisms (IPPMs) in the formation of research partnerships. Patents are the most frequently used IPPM to protect both background and foreground knowledge in partnerships. Other IPPMs...
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-traditional functions fulfill important roles. This questions the relevance of domestic patent systems, and indicates the need to reassess … the costs and benefits of the patent system, the use of patents as innovation indicators, and the need for more research …
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This paper investigates how patent applications and grants held by new ventures improve their ability to attract … British biotechnology companies we have identified all patents filed at the European Patent Office (EPO). Applying hazard rate … analysis, we find that in the presence of patent applications, VC financing occurs earlier. Our results also show that VCs pay …
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Vor dem Hintergrund der weiter wachsenden Bedeutung der Volksrepublik China in der Weltwirtschaft beschäftigt sich die Arbeit mit dem dortigen Schutz von Patenten. Das chinesische Patentsystem entspricht dem internationalen Standard des TRIPS-Übereinkommens. Die Analyse von Patentanmeldungen...
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This paper presents the software framework JStatCom which is geared towards the development of rich GUI clients for numerical procedures. The concept is to solve all recurring tasks with the help of reusable Java components. Optionally, one can delegate the execution of special numerical...
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computable equilibrium models, econometrics, and global commodity chain analysis. Accounting of flows includes different physical …
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This paper presents the econometric approach to causal modeling. It is motivated by policy problems. New causal parameters are defined and identified to address specific policy problems. Economists embrace a scientific approach to causality and model the preferences and choices of agents to...
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This paper asks the question: Why has the ?general-to-specific? cointegrated VAR approach as developed in Europe had only limited success in the US as a tool for doing empirical macroeconomics, where what might be called a ?theory comes first? approach dominates? The reason this paper highlights...
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In this paper, we run regression analyses to explain voluntary turnover intentions with data from more than 5,000 employees and with about 250 explanatory variables. The findings of our multi-factor approach highlight the fact that previous empirical research might have over-estimated the impact...
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Measurement forms the substance of econometrics. This chapter outlines the history of econometrics from a measurement … perspective - how have measurement errors been dealt with and how, from a methodological standpoint, did econometrics evolve so as …
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