In Europe and in Japan, patent applications are publicly disclosed after 18 month from the filing date regardless of … whether a patent has been or will be registered. In the U.S. in contrast, patent applications are publicly disclosed only when … a patent is granted. In this paper we examine the consequences of this difference for (i) firm's R&D and patenting …

This study explores the characteristics and determinants of innovation of exceptionally innovative small and medium … innovation in small serial innovators. We also provide comparisons to whether differences exist with respect to large serial … innovators, traditionally associated with persistent innovation. Our empirical evidence is based upon a longitudinal dataset of …

This paper analyzes optimal policy in the context of cumulative innovation in a model that endogenizes patenting … decisions of early innovators. Secrecy can significantly decrease investment in the second innovation. We show that as the … policy or innovators can monitor the flow of their technological information, it becomes optimal to have broad patent …

,786 public corporations, and measures of both patent quality and patent value, we find that, while average invention value rises …

advantage of the unitary patent will require a rethink, increased vigilance, and caution from innovation project managers, as …In 2023 organizations can apply for a European patent with unitary effect in 25 European Union countries. The system … explore the possibilities and limitations that a European patent with unitary effect can potentially give to organizations …

A change in US patent law in the early 1980’s increased the value of patents, particularly for firms in the electronics … during much of the 80’s discouraged patenting. IBM adopted pro-patent management practices in 1989 after the installation of … improved its financial bottom-lines but curtailed its industry-wide knowledge spillovers. These causes and consequences of pro-patent …

comparative analysis of the two largest open innovation structures: patent pools and open source. The issues of financial and non …The traditional view of innovation, which implies that companies innovate on their own, has been recently challenged by … the 'open' innovation concept promoting the use of external knowledge. Collaboration between firms has always existed in …

Stimulating innovation is one of the pressing policy challenges facing many countries in the world today. The paper … small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) in Poland were subjected to a survey. The data collected revealed the innovation … types of SMEs in Poland and external financial factors influencing innovation the most. The results show external factors …

Purpose - The key question addressed in the paper is whether creativity fostering methods increase innovation output in … Croatian firms. Design/methodology/approach - By utilizing the Community Innovation Survey 2010 data and propensity score … methods). Within this framework, our measured outcome is the innovation activity of the firm and the treatment is the …

question we examine empirically refers to the possibility that an economic crisis could affect innovation performance through … associated with ICT-enabled innovation performance. This is the third research question of this paper. Our study is based on firm … decreased due to the crisis. Further, statistically significant negative relationship between ICT-enabled product innovation and …