This chapter overviews productivity research from an industrial organization perspective. We focus on what is known and … what still needs to be learned about the productivity levels and dynamics of individual producers, but also how these … interact through markets and industries to influence productivity aggregates. We overview productivity concepts, facts, data …

The conventional wisdom is that the formation of patent pools is welfare enhancing when patents are complementary … and either increases spillovers in development or decreases the degree of product differentiation, patent pools can … why patent pools are uncommon in science-based industries such as biotech and pharmaceuticals that are characterized by …

under bidding competition. -- Acquisitions ; Entrepreneurship ; Innovation ; Start-ups ; Patent ; Ownership ; Quality …

The conventional wisdom is that the formation of patent pools is welfare enhancing when patents are complementary … and either increases spillovers in development or decreases the degree of product differentiation, patent pools can … why patent pools are uncommon in science-based industries such as biotech and pharmaceuticals that are characterized by …

model provides an argument that shorter product cycles can induce firms to file more patent applications. The firms may be … trapped in a prisoners' dilemma where all firms would jointly prefer to patent less and to not have a patent thicket. If firms … successful, this may create a patent thicket. The transition into a situation where firms start patenting many ideas instead of …

We build a model of firm-level innovation, productivity growth and reallocation featuring endogenous entry and exit. A …