This paper puts forward new potential determinants of patent value which are related to the identification of institutional sources of knowledge and the geographic scope of patenting strategy. The impact of these new indicators is evaluated through an empirical analysis that aims to explain the...

This article contributes to the literature on the determinants of patent value in two ways. First, it introduces a new potential class of value determinants in the form of filing strategies (including filing routes, drafting styles and divisional filings). Second, it provides empirical evidence...

This book brings together innovative contributions on the management of intellectual property (IP) and intellectual property rights by an esteemed and multi-disciplinary group of economists, management scientists, accountants and lawyers.

In this paper we evaluate the private and social rates of return of R?D activities for 21 French manufacturing industries over a 10 years period (1985-1995). We use a well-known methodology mainly based on input-output matrixes to which we add results regarding the innovatory use of capital...

This paper aims at contributing to the literature on the impact of a company on its country?'s economy. It first puts forward an analysis of the ICT sector worldwide and the importance of the IT sector in Belgium. Second, it aims at validating a method used to calculate the impact of a company...

This paper presents estimates of the long-term impact of various sources of knowledge (R&D performed by the business sector, the public sector and foreign firms) on multifactor productivity growth of 16 countries from 1980 to 1998. The main results show that the three sources of knowledge are...