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The power of individual-level drivers of inventive performance

Zwick, Thomas; Frosch, Katharina; Hoisl, Karin; … - 2015

Based on an established theoretical framework of the drivers of inventive performance, the so-called KSAO (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Other) factors, this paper seeks to explain empirically the performance of inventors throughout their careers. We combine survey information spanning the...

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Institutionalized incentives for ingenuity : patent value and the German Employees' Inventions Act

Harhoff, Dietmar; Hoisl, Karin - 2006

Germany is one of few countries in which the monetary compensation for inventors is not only determined by negotiations between employer and employee-inventor, but also by relatively precise legal provisions. In this paper, we describe the characteristics of the German Employees' Inventions Act...

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Bargaining failure and freedom to operate : re-evaluating the effect of patents on cumulative innovation

Gaessler, Fabian; Harhoff, Dietmar; Sorg, Stefan - 2019

We investigate the causal effect of patent rights on cumulative innovation, using large-scale data that approximate the …

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Bargaining Failure and Freedom to Operate : Re-Evaluating the Effect of Patents on Cumulative Innovation

Gaessler, Fabian - 2019

We investigate the causal effect of patent rights on cumulative innovation, using large-scale data that approximate the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012863982

Patents, freedom to operate, and follow-on innovation : evidence from post-grant opposition

Gäßler, Fabian; Harhoff, Dietmar; Sorg, Stefan; … - 2024

We study the blocking effect of patents on follow-on innovation by others. We posit that follow-on innovation requires … freedom to operate (FTO), which firms typically obtain through a license from the patentee holding the original innovation …. Where licensing fails, follow-on innovation is blocked unless firms gain FTO through patent invalidation. Using large …

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The Impacts of Feed-in Tariffs on Innovation: Empirical Evidence from Germany

Böhringer, Christoph; Cuntz, Alexander; Harhoff, Dietmar; … - 2014

promotion. In this paper, we assess one popular justification for feed-in tariffs, i.e., induced innovation as a positive … innovation impacts of feed-in tariffs under the EEG are insignificant. …

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The impacts of feed-in tariffs on innovation : empirical evidence from Germany

Böhringer, Christoph; Cuntz, Alexander; Harhoff, Dietmar; … - 2014

promotion. In this paper, we assess one popular justification for feed-in tariffs, i.e., induced innovation as a positive … spillover externality. Based on regressions with a time-technology fixed effect negative binomial model, we find that innovation …

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The impacts of feed-in tariffs on innovation : empirical evidence from Germany

Böhringer, Christoph; Cuntz, Alexander; Harhoff, Dietmar; … - 2014

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Invalid but infringed? : an analysis of Germany’s bifurcated patent litigation system

Cremers, Katrin; Gaessler, Fabian; Harhoff, Dietmar; … - 2014

We analyze the impact of the probabilistic nature of patents on the functioning of Germany’s bifurcated patent litigation system where infringement and validity of a patent are decided independently by different courts. We show that bifurcation creates situations in which a patent is held...

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Firm formation and regional spillovers: evidence from Germany

Harhoff, Dietmar - 1995

This paper studies the effect of regional spillovers on the rate of firm formation in two major West German industries for the time period from 1989 to 1993. I exploit regional variations in firm formation at the county level to identify the effects of historically given industry structure and...

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