. The second chapter provides a theory of offshoring under imitation risk that explains optimal dynamic adjustments of firms …' successful patent applications. The last chapter describes sector-level input-output relationships in eleven European economies … Faktorausstattung zweier Länder basiert. Das zweite Kapitel liefert eine Theorie zu Offshoring unter Imitationsrisiko. Diese Theorie …

This article explores the propensity to patent in the light of the disclosure effect. Unlike earlier approaches … facilitating inventing around the patent for competitors. In our theoretical model, we find that the disclosure effect - contingent … on the competitive environment of the inventor - possibly has substantial negative effects on the propensity to patent …