hardware and software require rights to a very large number of patents. One explanation for the large awards for patent …Very large awards and settlements for patent infringement have increased dramatically since the 1980s. A large fraction … multiple patents. This can lead to infringement damage awards and settlements that overestimate the patent’s contribution to …

In their recent book, Against Intellectual Monopoly, Michele Boldrin and David Levine conclude that patents and … copyrights are not necessary to provide protection for either innovation or creative expression and should be eliminated. The …

, through patents, exposes new firms to undesired spillovers. The second essay exploits asymmetric effects on success and …

innovation based marketing strategy. The position taken here suggests that firms operating within a competitive industry tend to … the relationships between industry structure, innovation and brand performance. The findings also show that market focused … learning and internally focused learning influence innovation and that innovation influences a brand's performance. …

) increases on the strategic emphasis placed on innovation, both product and process, positively impact the prominence managers … place on IT; (2) the impact of innovation (both product and process) on performance (both profitability and growth) is …