In this paper we empirically investigate the theoretical results obtained in Zaby (2009). From the theoretical model, which introduces the decision to patent into a setting with horizontally differentiated products we deduce several hypotheses and test these empirically. We find that the...

This paper empirically investigates a firm’s propensity to patent. It thereby builds on a theoretical model on a firms' patenting decision in a market with vertically differentiated products. We deduce and empirically test several hypotheses from the theoretical results regarding patenting and...

Das vorliegende Buch analysiert den öffentlichen Beschaffungsprozess und untersucht, weshalb die öffentlichen Einkäufer auf Nachhaltigkeitskriterien oftmals keine Rücksicht nehmen. Florian Hepperle erforscht, welche Hemmnisse einem Mehr an Nachhaltigkeit in der öffentlichen Beschaffung im...