This paper analyzes the consequences of radical patent-regime change by exploiting a natural experiment: the forced adoption of the Prussian patent system in territories annexed after the Austro-Prussian War of 1866. Compared to other German states, Prussia granted patents more restrictively by...

This paper is based on the difference between the formal introduction of a Weberian bureaucracy and its actual implementation through state officials. This difference between the formal institutional framework and its actual implementation could lead to failed reforms. On the other side, there...

Einleitung -- Institutionelle und wirtschaftliche Rahmenbedingungen -- Indikatoren zur Messung von Innovationstätigkeit -- Die Innovationsdynamik in der ersten Phase der Industriellen Revolution -- Vom Einzelerfinder zum innovativen Unternehmen -- Regionale Entwicklungsunterschiede und deren...