associated with their innovation performance. Using a sample of Flemish firms, we show that there exists considerable … heterogeneity in the type of links to science at the firm level. Overall, firms with a science link enjoy superior innovation … performance, in particular with respect to innovations that are new to the market. At the invention level, our findings confirm …

development projects in the field of innovation;to assess the level of innovation in the EU economies in comparison to the U …

This paper re-visits the empirical failure to establish a clear link between R&D efforts and patent counts at the … industry level. It is claimed that the 'propensity-to-patent' concept should be split into an 'appropriability propensity' and … countries over 19 years. The results confirm that the R&D-patent relationship is affected by research productivity …

Financing constraints have been discussed as a major obstacle to innovation. Small and mediumsized enterprises and … provide external finance to innovative firms based on the firms' patent portfolios. Patents have been used as collateral or as … assets assembled in patent funds seeking to commercialize the patent rights. Patent auctions are indicative of a nascent …

This paper examines recent contributions on innovation protection practices in small and medium enterprises (SMEs …

technology sector. Innovation indicators include the ratio of patents owned by foreign residents and the number of patent …This study analyzes the role of economic indicators in country-level innovation, represented by patents in the … innovation; education enrollment stimulates innovation; among the sectors, government and higher education have higher R …

patent and trademark office that minimizes the legal uncertainty surrounding patents as collateral and maximizes the growth …