The standard view of patents emphasizes their dynamic efficiency. It considers that, by providing firms with incentives to invest in R&D and to disclose their knowledge, patents encourage innovation and increase social welfare in the long run. Yet, a growing body of literature opposes this view...

This paper analyses the strategic uses of patents in markets for technology. In particular, we study the behaviors of technological firms, patent brokers and patent trolls and explore their consequences on the amount of R&D investments of the economy. We show that patent brokers, in their pure...

Performance related pay is playing an increasing role in scientific research. This development, which applies the results of standard economic theories (the principal-agent model), aims at increasing incentives and thus productivity in science. The objective of this paper is then to cross the...

Open innovation has attracted extensive interest (and has raised numerous debates) in the recent literature on economics and management of innovation. If rich and stimulating, open innovation remains however a loose concept, which calls for further exploration of its shapes and stakes. This...

[eng] This paper focuses on firms knowledge emission capability in echo to the « absorptive capability » introduced by Cohen and Levinthal (1989). We first point out the main differences between the traditional view of knowledge spillovers and a more modern view, where spillovers are...

This paper investigates the meaning and the importance of the concept of openness for knowledge and innovation. We propose two definitions of openness for a piece of knowledge, a weak one and a strong one. The common point between the two is that they both emphasize the centrality of the...

Cet article présente une expérience naturelle où une commune française a décidé de sanctionner financièrement les parents venant chercher leurs enfants avec retard dans les centres de loisirs communaux. Après un an de mise en oeuvre de ce dispositif, contrairement aux conclusions...