Specific innovation capabilities enable large firms to depart from constant returns to scale and benefit from significant economies of scale. These capabilities improve the quality of the labor force organization and therefore positively impact labor productivity.

This study relies on a Cobb-Douglas production function to assess the relationship between the development of innovation capabilities by firms and their labor productivity. Intra-organizational capabilities relate to firms’ corporate culture and work organization, generation of innovative...

The battle for patent rights / Dietmar Harhoff -- Intellectual property, competition and the value of UK firms / Christine Greenhalgh and Mark Rogers -- Business method patents and venture capital investment decisions / Robert H. Pitkethly -- Open science and university patenting : a...

This book provides a better understanding of how intellectual property can improve economic and business performance. It focuses on three particular issues: the valuation of patents, the transfer of knowledge, and the management of innovation and intellectual property. Scholars from leading...