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Are firms withdrawing from basic research? : an analysis of firm-level publication behaviour in Germany
Krieger, Bastian; Pellens, Maikel; Blind, Knut; … - 2020
Previous research has expressed concerns about firms engaging less in basic research. We contribute to this debate by studying trends in the scientific publishing activities of firms located in Germany. Our results do not confirm a declining trend in raw numbers with numbers indicating that...
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The nexus between science and industry : evidence from faculty inventions
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Hussinger, Katrin; Schneider, Cédric - 2009
Against the background of the so-called "European paradox", i.e. the conjecture that EU countries lack the capability to transfer science into commercial innovations, knowledge transfer from academia to industry has been a central issue in policy debates recently. Based on a sample of German...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003846112
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Why challenge the ivory tower? : new evidence on the basicness of academic patents
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Hussinger, Katrin; Schneider, Cédric - 2009
academic patents using German professor patents linked to patent opposition data from the European Patent Office (EPO). Patent … patent value, asymmetric information and diverging expectations between the opposition parties, the likelihood of a … applied by owners of potentially rival technologies. -- academic inventors ; intellectual property rights ; patent oppositions …
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Patent and Publication Activities of German Professors : An Empirical Assessment of Their Co-Activity
Czarnitzki, Dirk - 2008
The growing importance of technology relevant non-publication output of university research has come into the focus of policy-makers' interest. A fierce debate arose on possible negative consequences of the increasing commercialization of science, as it may come along with a reduction in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012773511
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Heterogeneity of Patenting Activity and its Implications for Scientific Research
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Glänzel, Wolfgang; Hussinger, Katrin - 2013
The increasing commercialization of university discoveries has initiated a controversy on the impacts for future scientific research. It has been argued that an increasing orientation towards commercialization may have a negative impact on more fundamental research efforts in science. Several...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014050429
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The Influence of Strategic Patenting on Companies' Patent Portfolios
Blind, Knut; Cremers, Katrin; Mueller, Elisabeth - 2014
This paper analyses whether strategic motives for patenting influence the characteristics of companies' patent … survey and patent data from German companies. We find clear evidence that the companies' patenting strategies explain the … characteristics of their patent portfolios. First, companies using patents to protect their technological knowledge base receive a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014052157
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Defensive Publishing - An Empirical Study
Henkel, Joachim; Lernbecher (neé Pangerl), Stefanie M. - 2008
find that the patent system itself is frequently used for defensive publishing. Our findings also challenge contributions … connecting defensive publishing to patent races …
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Inventor collaboration over distance : a comparison of academic and corporate patents
Dettmann, Anja; Proff, Sidonia von - 2010
The paper compares academic and corporate patents in Germany to shed light on the geographical distribution of the inventors. The residences of the inventors show different patterns in the two datasets. Furthermore, we analyze the spatial distance between inventors for patents invented in...
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R&D partnerships and innovation performance : can there be too much of a good thing?
Hottenrott, Hanna; Lopes Bento, Cindy - 2015
R&D collaboration facilitates pooling of complementary skills, learning from the partner as well as sharing risks and costs. Research therefore repeatedly stressed the positive relationship between collaborative R&D and innovation performance. Fewer studies addressed potential drawbacks of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011393147
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R&D partnerships and innovation performance : can there be too much of a good thing?
Hottenrott, Hanna; Lopes Bento, Cindy - 2014
R&D collaboration facilitates pooling of complementary skills, learning from the partner as well as sharing risks and costs. Research therefore repeatedly stressed the positive relationship between collaborative R&D and innovation performance. Collaboration, however, involves transaction costs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010383763