protection methods in an industry on the innovation activities of firms using external knowledge. One goal is to assess if firms … have moved to a more open innovation business model, i.e. allow more knowledge spillovers to occur despite using protection … methods. Our estimations show that the usage of both, patents and secrecy, hinders the innovation activities of firms through …

between the level of innovation and GDP.En este artículo se presenta un modelo empírico de datos panel no estacionario y …

The importance of IPR regimes for large firm innovation is well documented but less is known about their impact on … typically less innovative self-employed entrepreneurship. The paper sets out to estimate the net effect of the various elements …

limited access to capital. -- Immigrants ; innovation ; entrepreneurship ; knowledge-intensive industries …This paper analyzes how companies of immigrant entrepreneurs in knowledgeintensive industries differ from companies of … native entrepreneurs with respect to start-up characteristics, firm survival and innovative performance. I focus on …

This paper presents an empirical analysis of the determinants of patent litigation in Germany, based on information … analysis show that relatively valuable patents are more likely to be involved in litigation cases than the average patent … than patents which have not been opposed. Patent owner?s ability to trade patents with potential infringers and to interact …

Indian immigrants in the United States and other wealthy countries are successful in entrepreneurship. Using Census … Kingdom and Canada -- we examine the performance of Indian entrepreneurs and explanations for their success. We find that … business income of Indian entrepreneurs in the United States is substantially higher than the national average and is higher …

employees towards becoming entrepreneurs: exit from the current firm and entry into entrepreneurship. In other words, we study … show that same-gender entrepreneurial bosses have a great impact on employees’ future entrepreneurship choices, especially … bosses on female employees’ transition into entrepreneurship. We show that the female boss effect is greater than other …

results depend on the underlying definition of innovation, as robustness checks show. -- entrepreneurship ; innovation …This paper investigates whether entrepreneurs with technical education are more innovative in high-tech industries than … economists. The main contribution to the literature is in using the type of education as main explanatory variable for innovation …