been few attempts to assess this group of firms ́propensity to patent or its patenting activities. This paper intends to …

innovation. While previous studies have often considered patents and trade secrets as substitutes for one another, we investigate … the complementary role of the two protection methods. We identify protection strategies for single innovation firms and … for the same innovation or for different innovations. Employing firm panel data from Germany, we find fairly few …

quality, follow-on innovation. Winning a first patent boosts a startup's subsequent growth and innovation by facilitating ….S. Patent Office since 2001, we find that startups that win the patent “lottery” by drawing lenient examiners have, on average …, 55% higher employment growth and 80% higher sales growth five years later. Patent winners also pursue more, and higher …

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to expose the impact of innovation and patent registration, as a strategy that … paper presents a study on the innovation and contribution of the patent registry in the growth of economic sales of 1 … achievement of sales success, although it is evident that patent registration negatively influences business success as a factor …

This work investigates the relationship between proxies of innovation activities, such as patents and trademarks, and …

This work investigates the relationship between proxies of innovation activities, such as patents and trademarks, and …