Empirical evidence shows that the distribution of patent applications is highly skewed in terms of company size, with a few large enterprises being responsible for the majority of patent applications. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), on the other hand, are important players in national...

In this study, we compared the profile of German Transnational Patents with the patenting profiles of other countries from several different angles. Germany is a stronghold in international patenting in terms of the absolute number of filings (ranked the third only after the United States and...

The present article examines the question whether or not different types of firms tend to protect their innovations with varying mechanisms. Against the background of the Expected-Utility Theory (EU-Theory), firms are differentiated by their size, technological field and their degree of...

It is generally claimed that universities provide the scientific basis for future technological progress. Still, empirical evidence of the impact of direct links between universities and firms remains weak and is often at least inconsistent. This paper aims at contributing to the literature by...

4 Z3 4 Fraunhofer-Institut für System- und Innovationsforschung ISI ISI-Schriftenreihe »Innovationspotenziale« Marianne Kulicke, Carsten Becker, Herbert Berteit, Miriam Hufnagl, Tim Grebe, Matthias Kirbach, Tasso Brandt, Thorsten Lübbers Evaluierung des Programmstarts und der...