Abstract According to the economic theory of patents, patents are needed so that pioneer firm have time to recoup their … recoup, sunk costs. Yet patents are not awarded on the basis of a firm's sunk costs. Patent law, in fact, ignores costs. The … of patents is wrong.  …

managed largely from western firms. This fact has manifold consequences for the innovation behaviour of plants, among others …

Purpose – Apple is a representative company of technological innovation (TI) and management. It has launched new and … success story of Apple's innovation. However, most previous research works on Apple's innovation have been based on … examining the innovation of Apple from a technological perspective. Design/methodology/approach – TI is an important issue …

. Research limitations/implications – Limitations of the study include the validity of patents as the sole measure of innovation …&D investment in various host countries during the past years. While the US and the countries in Western Europe have been the … globalize the R&D activities. Design/methodology/approach – The study has used the US patents as a surrogate measure for the …

realize value from innovation?”. The legal landscape for patenting in both the USA and Europe will be reviewed, focusing on … the emerging requirements for fast‐paced innovation may impact an organization’s decision to pursue an aggressive …

resource to mobilise towards innovation Originality/value – Typically, research on patents has taken the route via statistical … value from being entangled in a web of resources in action, contrasting this with patents on hold where they are described … paper sets out an approach to study the value of patents which looks at the network around the patent. This is a limitation …

‐linguistic diversity and national innovativeness. Design/methodology/approach – The researchers used publicly available data on patents and … positively associated with national innovation. More importantly, cultural and intra‐cultural variation measures when taken … together account for significantly greater variance in levels of national innovation than does national culture when measured …

Purpose – Given the changing role of patents within enterprises, this research aims to investigate the link between … patent management and technological innovation performance in Chinese high‐tech enterprises. Also, from theoretical … technological innovation performance. Design/methodology/approach – Hypotheses related to patent management and technological …