intellectual property right design. We derive conclusions in the simplest, one-time innovation, case then investigate how these … optimal procurement of innovation are considered. Finally, we sketch enforcement and competition policy issues. …

, patent citations and new product announcements. I posit that each of these signs of corporate innovation provides a noisy …Corporate innovation propels both company performance and economic growth. Yet, measuring corporate innovation proves … eliminates useful information, suggesting that all of the observable signals about corporate innovation should be included in …

innovation that illustrates an endogenous process of internal competition. This often political and contentious process can have …

performance to examine the influences on reputation for technological innovation. Using patent, financial and consumer data our …Firms strategically promote, foster and pursue a reputation for technological innovation. Yet, present research did not … (citation intensity) is linked to reputation for technological innovation. Counter-intuitively, our results provide evidence …

between imitation and innovation. Using US patent data for the period 1977-2005, we find that there are inverted U …-shaped relationships between the degree of industry-level technological imitation and industry-level innovation activities and between the … degree of industry-level technological imitation and the value of firm-level innovation. Our results suggest that positive …

This paper analyses the determinants of technological diversification for small innovative companies. Using patent data …

The recent surge of patent disputes plays an important role in discouraging firms from entering new technology domains … at EPO between 2000 and 2015, we construct a new measure of litigiousness using patent opposition data. We find that the … degree of litigiousness and the density of patent thickets negatively affect the likelihood of firms entering new TDs. Across …

Did the Covid-19 pandemic have an impact on innovation? Past economic disruptions, anecdotal evidence, and the previous … literature suggest a decline with substantial differences between industries. We leverage USPTO patent application data to … keyword search of the patent application fulltexts; indirect Covid-19 relevance is derived from past CPC subclass to subclass …