Maurseth, Per Botolf; Svensson, Roger - 2020
possess this tacit knowledge, inventors may need to play an active role when patents are commercialized. We build on Arora … activity. However, imperfect IPRs may reduce inventors' incentives to engage in the commercialization process. We analyze when … is important for the successful commercialization of patents by using a detailed patent database. The database contains …