This paper provides insights into one of the first in-depth empirical studies of how patents contribute to the external access of companies to financial sources.1 Based on expert interviews and a large-scale survey across company size clusters in technology intensive industries in Germany, the...

Germany and Japan have particularly been affected by a rapid demographic change. The accelerated development of an aging and shrinking population has caused many changes, for instance, in customer needs and demands. These affect the value creation in both B2C and B2B markets, consequently...