High neonatal mortality is one of the most salient 'facts' about firm performance in the industrial organisation literature. We model firm survival and examine the relative influence of firm, industry and macroeconomic factors on survival for new vis-à-vis incumbent firms in Australia. In...

A challenge for applied studies of innovation is to find quality-adjusted and unbiased measures for the extent of innovative activity in firms. This paper considers, in the light of the uses for these measures, how well we expect these common firm-level indicators quantify innovative services...

A research use exemption enables companies or research institutions to apply patented know-how of third parties for research purposes for free without being sued for hurting patent rights.Depending on the extent of its implementation, the research use exemption may be positive or negative for...