Risikovermeidung scheint aktuell das Patentrezept für die Lösung all unserer Probleme zu sein. Zentralbanken ertränken die Gefahren unseres Wirtschafts- und Bankensystems mit Unmengen an Geld, und auch die Politik versucht, gesellschaftliche Missstände mit grosszügigen Geschenken unter den...

The Non-Domestic Smart Energy Management Innovation Competition (NDSEMIC) was an £8.8 million competition led by the Smart Metering Implementation Programme within the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy. The main competition ran from 2018 to 2020 and aimed to maximise the...

In recent years, firms have increasingly contributed to and been confronted with a patent landscape characterized by numerous but marginal inventions, overlapping claims and patent fences. Literature suggests that both the fragmentation of ownership and the threat of a firm's patent applications...

Die Gesamtanalyse im Science Citation Index zeigt in den letzten Jahren ein allmähliches Absinken des deutschen Anteils an den weltweiten Publikationen, eine Beobachtung, die auch auf viele andere große Industrieländer zutrifft. Diese Entwicklung ist auf ein starkes Anwachsen der Aktivitäten...

This paper empirically investigates the determinants of R&D diversification strategies in the drug industry. It enriches the existing literature by proposing to look at diversification factors, which reflect market and technological proximity of an R&D project towards other projects within a...

This paper empirically investigates the determinants of R&D diversification strategies in the drug industry. It enriches the existing literature by proposing to look at diversification factors, which reflect market and technological proximity of an R&D project towards other projects within a...

In recent years, firms have increasingly contributed to and been confronted with a patent landscape characterized by numerous but marginal inventions, overlapping claims and patent fences. Literature suggests that both the fragmentation of ownership and the threat of a firm's patent applications...