We test whether intellectual property rights foster or hinder innovation by estimating IV structural equations for a large sample of Swiss firms. We find that better appropriability conditions at the industry level raise the number of competitors. However, conditional on the given industry...

1. Fundamentals of Intellectual Property Rights -- 2. Protection Strategies -- 3. Evaluating and Valuing Patents -- 4. Successful Practices in Commercializing Patents -- 5. Organizing Patent Management -- 6. Patent Management by Industry -- 7. Patent Management in New Technology Environments --...

We test whether intellectual property rights (IPRs) foster or hinder innovation by estimating IV structural equations for a large sample of Swiss firms. We find that better appropriability conditions at the industry level raise the number of competitors. However, conditional on the given...