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The extension of clusters : difference-in-differences evidence from the Bavarian state-wide cluster policy

Falck, Oliver (contributor); Heblich, Stephan (contributor); … - 2008

Bavarian State Government. The purpose of the initiative was to create a Bavarian-wide innovation network in support of state … the likelihood of innovation by a firm in the targeted industry by 4 to 7 percentage points. However, this effect is …

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Immigrants' contribution to innovativeness : evidence from a non-selective immigration country

Candel-Haug, Katharina; Cuntz, Alexander; Falck, Oliver - 2018

The economic consequences of migration are hotly debated and a main topic of recent populist movements across Europe. We analyze Polish immigration in the context of the 2004 enlargement of the European Union and find a positive and significant spillover effect of the immigrants on the number of...

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Patent pools, litigation and innovation

Choi, Jay Pil; Gerlach, Heiko A. - 2013

This paper analyzes patent pools and their effects on innovation incentives. It is shown that the pro …-competitive effects of patent pools for complementary patents naturally extend for dynamic innovation incentives. However, this simple … patents reduce social welfare as they charge higher licensing fees and chill subsequent innovation incentives. …

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A theory of patent portfolios

Choi, Jay Pil; Gerlach, Heiko A. - 2013

This paper develops a theory of patent portfolios in which firms accumulate an enormous amount of related patents in diverse technology fields such that it becomes impractical to develop a new product that with certainty does not inadvertently infringe on other firms ́patent portfolios. We...

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Subsidizing national champions : an evolutionary perspective

Aubert, Cécile (contributor); Falck, Oliver (contributor); … - 2008

A national-champions-related industrial policy has become (again) en vogue among European politicians. Against this background, our work orders different types of national champions along the industry lifecycle. Different types of locally bound externalities appear along the lifecycle. In a...

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The impact of continuous training on a firm's innovations

Bauernschuster, Stefan (contributor); … - 2008

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Heavyweights - the impact of large businesses on productivity growth

Falck, Oliver (contributor) - 2007

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A model of patent trolls

Choi, Jay Pil; Gerlach, Heiko A. - 2015

This paper develops a model of patent trolls to understand various litigation strategies employed by nonpracticing entities (NPE). We show that when a NPE faces multiple potential infringers who use related technologies, it can gain a credible threat to litigate even when it has no such...

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