innovation. We present novel data on the frequency with which innovative German firms encounter problems with access to … intellectual property (IP) for innovation. While only a small percentage of all firms report halting or not starting innovation …

in intellectual property rights on the patenting and innovation strategies of Chinese and Western firms operating in … property rights and legal institutions that foster R&D and innovation, and when Western firms gain longer operational … informal institutional environments. It also provides important implications for policy and innovation strategies for …

Innovation is crucial to economic growth – the essential path for lifting much of the world population out of dire … poverty and for maintaining the living standard of those who already have. To stimulate innovation, the legal system has to … institutions supported for the specific purpose of stimulating innovation. Whilst the protection of secrets has not changed very …

using a patentability requirement--a minimum innovation size required for patents. A patentability requirement can stimulate … to innovation …

partially meant to stimulate patents and "indigenous innovation." However, the analysis in this paper discusses how some of … innovation …

This paper examines the implications of Open Source License (OSL) selection on software innovation, and suggests how …

Despite numerous and diverse efforts, environmental law generally fails to promote technological innovation with … environmental benefits. Such innovation could have myriad human health and environmental benefits, while simultaneously reducing the … in where environmental law has failed to efficiently provide greater incentives for environmental innovation. A patent …

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

The traditional view of innovation, which implies that companies innovate on their own, has been recently challenged by … the 'open' innovation concept promoting the use of external knowledge. Collaboration between firms has always existed in … one way or another, however, large-scale open innovation is now the next step for many companies. This article conducts a …

costs. Research therefore repeatedly stressed the positive relationship between collaborative R&D and innovation performance … terms of gains for innovation performance, but also show that collaboration has decreasing and even negative returns on … product innovation if its intensity increases above a certain threshold. In particular, costs start outweighing benefits if a …