dynamics around a given technology are influenced by the way entrepreneurs and others package the technology, how governments … technology stops diffusing between and within countries. The book presents a series of recommendations for policy-makers and … strongly appeal to policy-makers in science, technology and innovation policy. It will also benefit students and academics …

value of patents and their potential to block competitors in technology markets. Our empirical results for European firm … firms with valuable patents. However, patents with a potential to block technology competitors seem to be only of interest …