intellectual property right design. We derive conclusions in the simplest, one-time innovation, case then investigate how these … optimal procurement of innovation are considered. Finally, we sketch enforcement and competition policy issues. …

, patent citations and new product announcements. I posit that each of these signs of corporate innovation provides a noisy …Corporate innovation propels both company performance and economic growth. Yet, measuring corporate innovation proves … eliminates useful information, suggesting that all of the observable signals about corporate innovation should be included in …

innovation that illustrates an endogenous process of internal competition. This often political and contentious process can have …

innovation performance (IP). In addition, existing studies examine the moderating effect of S&T employees management (STEM) on … the relationship between S&T employees input (STEI) and innovation performance (IP). We obtained 324 valid samples through …&T employees management (STEM) exerted a positively significant effect on innovation performance. However, the moderating effect of …

between imitation and innovation. Using US patent data for the period 1977-2005, we find that there are inverted U …-shaped relationships between the degree of industry-level technological imitation and industry-level innovation activities and between the … degree of industry-level technological imitation and the value of firm-level innovation. Our results suggest that positive …

The recent surge of patent disputes plays an important role in discouraging firms from entering new technology domains … at EPO between 2000 and 2015, we construct a new measure of litigiousness using patent opposition data. We find that the … degree of litigiousness and the density of patent thickets negatively affect the likelihood of firms entering new TDs. Across …

Monitoring by institutional investors can act as an important mechanism to promote firm innovation. By investigating … innovation. Consistent with the monitoring view, we further find that (1) the effect of institutional investors on firm patenting … robust when innovation quality is examined. …

performance to examine the influences on reputation for technological innovation. Using patent, financial and consumer data our …Firms strategically promote, foster and pursue a reputation for technological innovation. Yet, present research did not … (citation intensity) is linked to reputation for technological innovation. Counter-intuitively, our results provide evidence …

China has a wide-range of patent-specific and other patent-related policies in-place, many of which are at least … partially meant to stimulate patents and "indigenous innovation." However, the analysis in this paper discusses how some of … innovation …

This paper analyses the determinants of technological diversification for small innovative companies. Using patent data …