Foreword / by Peter Hayes -- Introduction -- From the formation of IG Farben to the Great Depression -- Works management, workforce, and the National Socialist Party -- From self-sufficiency to war production, drugs, and experiments on human beings -- - The postwar years : dealing with the past

We investigate a sample of 180 technology licensing contracts closed by German chemical, pharmaceutical, and electrical engineering companies between 1880 and 1913. A regression analysis shows that licensing contracts closed before a patent was granted and contracts closed between firms and...