. The second chapter provides a theory of offshoring under imitation risk that explains optimal dynamic adjustments of firms … intellectual property rights and of offshoring costs on the rate of innovation and on the offshoring intensity. In chapter 4 I …' successful patent applications. The last chapter describes sector-level input-output relationships in eleven European economies …

Innovation is an inherently uncertain process. Success is typically coupled with risk and we can only hope that those … with great ideas will persevere. To encourage innovation, society reduces some of the innovation risk through structures … simply stop playing the game.Such uncertainty has recently been a topic of great concern in the U.S. patent system. Some …

reducing tariff uncertainty boosts innovation beyond patent filings and margin reaction and exports. Long-term impacts of …This study explores the influence of trade policy uncertainty on medical innovation investment in developing nations … sectoral innovation patterns, governmental changes, and foreign technology entering developing nations have little effect on …

innovation, measured by patents weighted by citations and R&D expenditure, on the idiosyncratic volatility of firms. Using a …Firms engaging in innovative practices have patents to prevent competitive forces from eroding the resulting economic … rents; however, there is limited evidence regarding the impact of innovation on risk. We shed new light on how firms …