We employ the UTIP data set on the evolution of earnings inequality in manufacturing in the global economy to illuminate two questions. First, do regional patterns of similarity in the movement of large macroeconomic aggregates, such as real GDP, imply underlying similarities of industrial...

This paper provides a summary of information in the UTIP data set on the evolution of industrial earnings inequality in the global economy. At present the data set covers 66 countries, with annual observations going back to 1972 in most cases and to 1963 in many. Our measure of changing...

This paper presents a procedure for studying industrial performance and related issues such as changes in the wage structure. This procedure combines cluster analysis and discriminant analysis as a package, and applies this package to time series data. This enables us to organize industrial data...

There has been no previous research on the link between license market and stock market. Are the two markets integrated or coupled such that the valuation of the same portfolio of intangible assets is consistent cross market? This study tries to fill the research gap. Based on the data of...

In an effort to decompose and adjust patent sales prices for patent portfolio valuation, this study analyzes patent transaction data collected as of September 2012. After presenting the descriptive statistics, the analysis designates a hedonic-model-like specification to identify the value...

Previous literature on the effects of disclosing options backdating problems focused mainly on estimating the cumulative and aggregate losses. This paper takes a different approach and investigates the effect of regulatory intervention on companies accused of backdating stock options. An event...

The 2017 Licensing Executives Society (USA Canada) (LES USA Canada) High Tech Deal Term and Royalty Survey was launched on July 28, 2017 and closed on September 30, 2017. The Survey received 155 complete deals from 70 companies and organizations. Since the inaugural Survey in 2011, LES High Tech...

Patent valuations as reflected by patent sale price and licensing royalty rate have been frequently discussed and sometimes hotly debated in mass media, expert analysis, and scholastic research. However, there have been no studies to examine the relationship, or the lack thereof, between such...