The following article systematically analyzes the question of how the results of R&D and its protection - or so to say, the technology base of a firm - can influence its market value and profits. Based on theoretical arguments it is hypothesized that large and highly valuable patent portfolios...

Empirical evidence shows that the distribution of patent applications is highly skewed in terms of company size, with a few large enterprises being responsible for the majority of patent applications. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), on the other hand, are important players in national...

China is the fastest growing car market in the world. Both, government and industry alike have high hopes for the paradigm shift in mobility towards electric cars. China's industry might be able to catch up or leap-frog, once electric cars have hit the roads. Taking the question if and how...

[Introduction ...] This paper describes the current STI policies of the Sino-German collaboration from a German perspective. It starts with the policies and the actions on the governmental level. Section three tries to briefly depict the effective implementation and the outcomes of these...

Es wurde mit den "Transnationalen Patenten" ein neues Konzept zur Bewertung der technologischen Wettbewerbsfähigkeit von Volkswirtschaften vorgestellt, das eine bessere internationale Vergleichbarkeit als mit bisherigen Ansätzen zulässt. Im Gegensatz zu nationalen Anmeldungen oder...

In this study, we compared the profile of German Transnational Patents with the patenting profiles of other countries from several different angles. Germany is a stronghold in international patenting in terms of the absolute number of filings (ranked the third only after the United States and...

Der Strukturwandel zur Wissens- und Dienstleistungswirtschaft führt zu einer steigenden Nachfrage nach hoch qualifizierten Erwerbstätigen, die im Innovationswettbewerb eine Schlüsselrolle spielen. Dies betrifft zentral zum einen wissenschaftlich ausgebildetes Personal für Forschung und...