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

. Research limitations/implications – Limitations of the study include the validity of patents as the sole measure of innovation … globalize the R&D activities. Design/methodology/approach – The study has used the US patents as a surrogate measure for the … technical output from India. The data include all US patents granted between 1992 and 2007 in which at least one inventor was an …

‐tech problems. The InnoCentive model allows its customers to tap into inexpensive solvers – scientists residing in Russia, China …, better, and cheaper. And that’s where an open innovation model can help.  …

of China. US patents have been used as a surrogate measure of technology development and a patent developed with a …Purpose – Increased globalization of the world's economies, along with accelerated technological changes are … development in China, particularly in the light of the globalization of R&D activities. Design/methodology/approach – The study is …

, market positions and branding of three successful cultural heritage centers in Germany, Great Britain and Russia demonstrates …

Patent information is an essential ingredient for fostering innovations. Although most of developed countries have been … using patent information as a source of technological information to assist R&D companies and organizations, Tanzania is … lagging behind. Recognizing the critical role of patent information in nurturing innovations, Tanzania has recently engaged in …

Summary This paper analyzes empirically the effects of innovation on employment at the firm level using a uniquely long … introduce different innovation categories. We find clearly positive effects for product and process innovations on employment … growth with the effects for process innovations being slightly higher. For product innovations that involved patent …

recoup, sunk costs. Yet patents are not awarded on the basis of a firm's sunk costs. Patent law, in fact, ignores costs. The …Abstract According to the economic theory of patents, patents are needed so that pioneer firm have time to recoup their … disconnect between patent law and patent theory suggests either that modifying patent law so that it better fits with patent …