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The power of individual-level drivers of inventive performance
Zwick, Thomas; Frosch, Katharina; Hoisl, Karin; … - 2015
Based on an established theoretical framework of the drivers of inventive performance, the so-called KSAO (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Other) factors, this paper seeks to explain empirically the performance of inventors throughout their careers. We combine survey information spanning the...
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Institutionalized incentives for ingenuity : patent value and the German Employees' Inventions Act
Harhoff, Dietmar; Hoisl, Karin - 2006
Germany is one of few countries in which the monetary compensation for inventors is not only determined by negotiations between employer and employee-inventor, but also by relatively precise legal provisions. In this paper, we describe the characteristics of the German Employees' Inventions Act...
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Precocious Inventors : Early Patenting Success and Lifetime Inventive Performance
Michlbauer, Theresa; Zwick, Thomas - 2021
This paper shows that inventors with an early patenting success have a higher inventive productivity during their remaining career. We use European patent data for a period of 32 years for 1240 German inventors. The patent data are linked with survey data that provide information on an extensive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013228393
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Precocious inventors : early patenting success and lifetime inventive performance
Michlbauer, Theresa; Zwick, Thomas - 2021
This paper shows that inventors with an early patenting success have a higher inventive productivity during their remaining career. We use European patent data for a period of 32 years for 1240 German inventors. The patent data are linked with survey data that provide information on an extensive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012510353
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Patents and enterprise innovation in network industries
Karbowski, Adam - 2018
We investigate factors that determine product innovation in network industries. We develop a demand …-pull-technology-push model of enterprise innovation and find that enterprise innovation depends on firm's specific abilities to extend the … industry. Enterprise innovation increases when consumers value the network development more and when consumers are less …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012036469
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Patent Claims and Patent Scope
Marco, Alan C. - 2016
), decreased clarity, and questionable validity. Such patents allegedly diminish the incentives for innovation due to increased …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012982294
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The Competitive Advantage of Weak Patents
Hubbard, William - 2013
Does U.S. patent law increase the competitiveness of U.S. firms in global markets? This Article argues that, contrary to the beliefs of many U.S. lawmakers, U.S. patent law currently undermines the ability of U.S. firms to compete in global markets because strong U.S. patent rights actually...
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Patent Claims and Patent Scope
Marco, Alan C.; Sarnoff, Joshua D.; deGrazia, Charles - 2016
), decreased clarity, and questionable validity. Such patents allegedly diminish the incentives for innovation due to increased …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014125776
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Adverse effects of patent pooling on product development and commercialization
Jeitschko, Thomas D.; Zhang, Nanyun - In: The B.E. journal of theoretical economics 14 (2014) 1, pp. 27-57
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Systemic patent study on technological innovation in the EU countries since 1980
Jemala, Marek - In: Asia-Pacific journal of management research and … 11 (2015) 1, pp. 29-45
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