This paper examines small innovative entrepreneurs by contrasting patenting firms against non-patenting firms. The …

Despite broad agreement on the strategic role of SMEs (Small and Medium Sized Enterprises) in industrial renewal …

-and-acquisition market and foster entrepreneurship. A creative economy also depends on making SMEs, which account for 87% of employment, more … government funding programmes, which discourage the expansion of SMEs. The growth of small firms also depends on resolving labour …

' high value to acquirers prior to exiting. This increases the VC-backed companies' patenting intensity and long … clauses would reduce such excessive, signaling-driven investment and patenting intensity. …

This paper examines the effects of regional R&D on patenting for Sweden within an accessibility framework. We use two … measures of patenting: number of patents granted per capita and a composite of quality-adjusted patents which we regard as an … with regional R&D. In fact, quantile regressions over the distribution of different patenting and innovation levels per …

research productivity 1985-1998, defined as the ratio between patenting and R&D. Quality indices are composed of forward and …&D was rising fast. Overall patenting and associated quality have had strong developments as compared to US and European …

This paper examines the effects of regional R&D on patenting for Sweden within an accessibility framework. We use two … measures of patenting: number of patents granted per capita and a composite of quality-adjusted patents which we regard as an … with regional R&D. In fact, quantile regressions over the distribution of different patenting and innovation levels per …

policy changes aimed to foster academic patenting and technology transfer in low- and middle-income countries. It then … analyzes patenting activities by universities and PROs and compares these trends with respect to high-income countries. This … analysis is complemented with an assessment of the current state of patenting and technology commercialization practices in a …

This paper offers a theoretical treatment of information disclosure through patenting. We consider a signaling model in …

In this paper, we offer a novel explanation to the surge in patenting bserved during the last years. With low …