rates and reduce output as compared to non-integration. Horizontal integration of IP holders (or a patent pool) solves the … complements problem but not the double mark-up problem. Vertical integration discourages entry and reduces innovation incentives …, while horizontal integration always encourages entry and innovation. …

This paper examines how a radical technological innovation affects alliance formation of firms and subsequent network …

The article evaluates the impact of clusters on innovation outputs in the regions of the Czech Republic. The research … important branches were defined per each region by number of employees. Subsequently, the hypotheses that innovation … were characterised by patent applications, utility models, total R&D expenditure and export of technology services. All …

This paper provides an integrated analysis of multinational companies' global production and innovation. We establish … novel stylized facts using rich data on the network of production affiliates and patent activity of German multinationals … of production, basic innovation and applied innovation, under asymmetric complementarities across these three activities …

Suppliers play a major role in innovation processes. We analyze ownership allocations and the choice of R&D technology …

We estimate the determinants of various types of product innovation. Knowledge spillovers from rivals have a positive … exert no such independent influence on drastic innovation activities. The results support the hypothesis that establishments …

mechanisms for medium inventions, and patent their most important innovations. This result reestablishes the traditional view …

Technological standards give rise to a complements problem that affects pricing and innovation incentives of technology … producers. In this paper I discuss how patent pools can be used to solve these problems and what incentives patent holders have … to form a patent pool. I offer some suggestions how competition authorities can foster the formation of welfare …