), technology-seeking (TS), and/or market-seeking (MS) - do the MNE employ? and (3) What are the typical patterns in pursuing … R&D investors and their patenting activity, we find that about one-fifth focus their patent-relevant R&D activity in …&D locations is no reason for concern regarding the perceived hollowing-out of the national innovation systems. Indeed, since the …

innovation. Consistent with the monitoring view, we further find that (1) the effect of institutional investors on firm patenting …Monitoring by institutional investors can act as an important mechanism to promote firm innovation. By investigating … Chinese listed firms' patenting between 2002 and 2011, we find that the presence of institutional investors enhances firm …

strategies and optimal coordination of innovative activities. It shows that growth and innovation strategies of operatively …

. Where licensing fails, follow-on innovation is blocked unless firms gain FTO through patent invalidation. Using large …We study the blocking effect of patents on follow-on innovation by others. We posit that follow-on innovation requires … freedom to operate (FTO), which firms typically obtain through a license from the patentee holding the original innovation …

asymmetry across countries, granting patents to technology in the emerging economy of China can serve as a signal of technology …. The effect may be greater in a complex technology sector with high information asymmetry than in a discrete technology …

beneficial for welfare of individuals, and are shown to have taxonomy, not of investment capability, but of `Innovation …

the implementation of a patent innovation, e.g., a license fee for a contract with the patentee in Economy B. The office …

imperfections in the market for technology. …

indicate that increases in the share of a firm's innovation performed by inventors of a particular ethnicity are associated …