We study the effect of the fragmentation of intellectual property rights on optimal patent design. The major finding is that when several complementary innovative components must be assembled to operate a new technology, the patentability requirements should be stronger than in the case of...

We study a quality-ladder model of endogenous growth that produces stochastic leadership cycles. Over a cycle, industry leaders can innovate several successive times in the same industry, gradually increasing the magnitude of their technological lead before being replaced by a new entrant....

Objective: The objective of the article is to identify challenges and success factors related to the imitation of the digital platform business model in other industries. Research Design & Methods: We based our research on a single case study of an extra-industry imitation performed by a digital...

This study's main objective is assessing the effects of innovation on firms' employment growth. Further, we aimed to examine the quality of jobs in terms of skills and wages. By applying a structural modeling ap- proach, four types of innovation were considered-namely, product, process,...

Russian Abstract: в статье рассматриваются вопросы инновационного развития Нижегородской области; проводится анализ инновационной сферы, выявляются причины, влияющие...

This paper addresses some of the early policy concerns about "connected cars" and driverless vehicles and promotes "bottom-up" solutions to ensure that innovation continues to flourish in this space. The authors argue that the generally unabated advancement of intelligent-vehicle technology will...

Twitter, as the most popular microblog has unquestionable viral impact. It presents what’s going on in the world by users posts and reposts and it’s became more than just a social network. Individuals, companies, organisations, even governments use Twitter on daily bases and get different...

The drug discovery and development are very expensive, risky and time consuming. It requires several years and billions of dollars for developing a drug to the marketplace. Hence, smaller biotech companies seek to out-license or develop their drugs in collaboration with large pharmaceutical...

A drug approved today is the result of an idea generated 10-15 years back, which has now succeeded. It takes several years and huge resources to gain approval from the regulatory agencies, and bring a new medicine to the marketplace for the patients, by pharmaceutical companies engaged in new...

The main objective of this study was to examine the direct and indirect effects of organizational culture, knowledge management and organizational learning on innovation. The study combined knowledge-based view theory (KBV), competitive value framework to develop a new original theoretical...