Summary This paper analyzes empirically the effects of innovation on employment at the firm level using a uniquely long … introduce different innovation categories. We find clearly positive effects for product and process innovations on employment … growth with the effects for process innovations being slightly higher. For product innovations that involved patent …

While international patent law harmonization has been an issue in progress since the conclusion of the Paris Convention … growing sensitivity to the patent system's social and economic role in society. Inherently, the patent systems should be … country-specific, given the industry-specific character of patent law. However, as the problem of fragmented patent laws …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to use a dynamic model of optimal patent design and, in the presence of … earlier-expiring patent only chooses to proceed with R&D activates when the patent it holds expires if the expected discounted … models of patent design, the role of competitive fringe firms is discussed implicitly. The model presented in this research …

perspective, this study examines the impact of search boundary on innovation novelty and quality. Additionally, innovation targets …, namely R&D innovation and application innovation, are proposed as the moderator of the knowledge search effect. Using a … boundary enhances both innovation novelty and innovation quality. For R&D innovation, the positive impact of search boundary on …

Purpose – This paper aims at identifying factors that might affect academic patent activities. It investigates the … universities able to determine the level of patent activity. Design/methodology/approach – Three hypotheses are tested through a … regression analysis, considering various academic variables. Findings – Results demonstrate that the patent activity is mainly …

rates, patent filing gap, and trade openness are significant determinants of the technology gap between innovator and … innovator country; but a minimum threshold of human capital, such as adult workforce illiteracy rates and patent filing has to … specialists trying to improve the rate of technology adoption and innovation.  …

reference to synopsis, thesis, report and patent. Design/methodology/approach The National Digital Library of India (NDLI) was … the selected grey resources, e.g. report, thesis, synopsis and patent, are open for access. It also discloses the …

examines if innovations were realized in the companies, what types of innovation were realized and if they foster innovative …

demography only turns into a driver of “good work” and innovation ability when companies are able to establish routines for …

employees with jobs that do not explicitly include innovation related tasks. If innovation related behavior is not a formal job … requirement, employees must feel subjectively responsible for innovation related tasks and consider them as a part of their job … definitions and proposes a method for the assessment of innovation related job definitions. A first study tests the psychometric …