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Science or graduates: How do firms benefit from the proximity of universities?

Leten, Bart; Landoni, Paolo; Van Looy, Bart - In: Research Policy 43 (2014) 8, pp. 1398-1412

research in an industry-specific manner is relevant to the design of appropriate research and innovation policies. …

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An examination of the intertemporal returns of patented inventions

Giummo, Jesse - In: Research Policy 43 (2014) 8, pp. 1312-1319

This paper examines the intertemporal returns of patented inventions using estimates of patent value obtained from German employee inventors’ compensation records. The paper finds heterogeneity in the mean age and dispersion of the annual returns by technology and cumulative patent value....

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Outside directors on the board and innovative firm performance

Balsmeier, Benjamin; Buchwald, Achim; Stiebale, Joel - In: Research Policy 43 (2014) 10, pp. 1800-1815

We investigate how outside directors on supervisory boards influence innovative activities of the firms they advise and monitor. Based on panel data on the largest German companies, the econometric analysis shows a positive influence of external executives on innovative firm performance,...

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Inside multi-disciplinary science and engineering research centers: The impact of organizational climate on invention disclosures and patents

Hunter, Emily M.; Perry, Sara Jansen; Currall, Steven C. - In: Research Policy 40 (2011) 9, pp. 1226-1239

Much past research on commercialization activities by university scientists and engineers has focused on the role of resources in the extra-organizational commercialization environment, such as the availability of venture capital funding. By contrast, our theoretical and empirical interest was...

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Appropriate intellectual property protection and economic growth in countries at different levels of development

Kim, Yee Kyoung; Lee, Keun; Park, Walter G.; Choo, Kineung - In: Research Policy 41 (2012) 2, pp. 358-375

This paper examines how the role of patents and utility models in innovation and economic growth varies by level of … innovation and that patentable innovations contribute to economic growth in developed countries, but not in developing. Instead … innovation and growth, controlling for other factors. Using Korean firm level data as a case study, we find that utility model …

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Access to intellectual property for innovation: Evidence on problems and coping strategies from German firms

Mueller, Elisabeth; Cockburn, Iain M.; MacGarvie, Megan - In: Research Policy 42 (2013) 2, pp. 529-541

innovation. We present novel data on how frequently innovative German firms encountered problems with access to intellectual … property (IP) for their innovation activities. While a small percentage of firms reported having abandoned or not started … innovation projects because of IP issues, larger fractions reported having pursued their projects after modifying them. Using …

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Analyzing the evidence of an IPR take-off in China and India

Godinho, Manuel Mira; Ferreira, Vítor - In: Research Policy 41 (2012) 3, pp. 499-511

both China's and India's National Innovation Systems to internalize the potential returns of this increasing demand for IPR …

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Publicly funded business advisory services and entrepreneurial outcomes

Cumming, Douglas J.; Fischer, Eileen - In: Research Policy 41 (2012) 2, pp. 467-481

on sales growth, innovation, finance and alliances. We find services are positively associated with firms’ sales growth …

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Are patents signals for the IPO market? An EU–US comparison for the software industry

Useche, Diego - In: Research Policy 43 (2014) 8, pp. 1299-1311

This study investigates empirically whether patents can be signals to financial markets, thus reducing problems of asymmetric information. In particular we study how patenting behaviour impacts on the way investors perceive software firms’ growth potential through an increase in the amount...

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Complements and substitutes in profiting from innovation—A choice experimental approach

Fischer, Timo; Henkel, Joachim - In: Research Policy 42 (2013) 2, pp. 326-339

The ability of firms to effectively use mechanisms that support them in profiting from technological innovation is key …

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