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The Influence of Strategic Patenting on Companies' Patent Portfolios

Blind, Knut; Cremers, Katrin; Mueller, Elisabeth - 2014

This paper analyses whether strategic motives for patenting influence the characteristics of companies' patent portfolios. We use the number of citations and oppositions to represent these characteristics. The investigation is based on survey and patent data from German companies. We find clear...

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The Competitive Advantage of Weak Patents

Hubbard, William - 2013

Does U.S. patent law increase the competitiveness of U.S. firms in global markets? This Article argues that, contrary to the beliefs of many U.S. lawmakers, U.S. patent law currently undermines the ability of U.S. firms to compete in global markets because strong U.S. patent rights actually...

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Competitive Dynamics in Intellectual Property Risk

Copeman, Tama - 2018

This paper examines the role of time delays on the path dependency of corporate growth with a focus on intellectual property in technology intensive industries and proposes a methodology for assessment of competitive risks

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Does Competitive Strategy Protect Companies from Intellectual Property Free Riding?

Veer, Theresa; Blind, Knut - 2014

Companies with a distinct competitive strategy are attractive targets for free riding of intellectual property (IP) as copying their products either provides high margins (differentiation) or opens large markets (cost leadership). However, a clever combination of a competitive strategy with a...

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Patent or Perish : Why Your Innovation Can Be Your Competitor's Free Lunch

Saluja, Navtej; Rawat, Balwant - 2009

Global research and analytics firm, Evalueserve, drew an interesting comparison between Tata's much awaited Nano and the colorful Crocs footwear. The funny-looking Crocs footwear that initially elicited stares and snickers had suddenly become serious business after its launch. However, since the...

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Competing on Standards? Entrepreneurship, Intellectual Property and Platform Technologies

Simcoe, Timothy S.; Graham, Stuart J. H.; Feldman, … - 2015

Entrepreneurs often rely on intellectual property (IP) to earn a return on their innovations, and also compatibility standards, which allow them to supply specialized components for a shared technology platform. This paper compares the IP strategies of small entrepreneurs and large incumbents...

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Blue Ocean Versus Competitive Strategy : Theory and Evidence

Burke, Andrew; van Stel, Andre J.; Thurik, Adriaan R. - 2012

Blue ocean strategy seeks to turn strategic management on its head by replacing ‘competitive advantage’ with ‘value innovation’ as the primary goal where firms must create consumer demand and exploit untapped markets. Empirical analysis has been focused on case study evidence and so...

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The design of licensing contracts : chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and electrical engineering in imperial Germany

Burhop, Carsten; Lübbers, Thorsten - 2011

We investigate a sample of 180 technology licensing contracts closed by German chemical, pharmaceutical, and electrical … design of licensing contracts, whereas inventor moral hazard and risk aversion of licensor or licensee seem to be irrelevant … licensing contracts. More specifically, profit sharing agreements or producer milestones were typically included into licensing …

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Necessity Entrepreneurship and Competitive Strategy

Block, Jörn - 2014

, socio-economic attributes, and start-up project characteristics that correlate with necessity entrepreneurship …

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Entrepreneurial Orientation, Perceived Competitive Threat, and Competitive Strategy Among SMEs in an Emerging-Economy Capital

Garcia, Emmanuel - 2019

Entrepreneurial business owners and managers take risks, innovate, and compete aggressively. We use logistic regression to investigate the impact of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and perceived threat of new competition on three competitive strategies — cost reduction, marketing, and product...

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