initial inventor on the one hand and overall innovation incentives on the other hand. We find that incomplete patent … protection can positively affect overall innovation incentives while maintaining the advantageousness of patent protection over …From the viewpoint of an innovator a patent is a tradeoff between the right to exclude others from using the patented …

knowledge assets such as patents. We aim to contribute to the literature stream on innovation strategy and new venture growth by … mediation of patents, on employment growth of new ventures). In doing so, we build on theoretical notions from the literature on …-ups located in the Basque Country (Spain). According to our results, patents significantly and positively mediate the relation …

articles is innovation. However, the question is whether innovation necessarily leads to growth. The aim of this research is to … investigate the relationship between high growth and innovation. Dataset for this research consists of 181 SMEs from Croatia … existence of innovation in the enterprise is not present among factors that influence growth. This research raises the question …

use both academic publications and patent data to trace the geographical distribution of related knowledge and innovation …