The study of the innovative output of organizations often relies on a count of patents filed at one single office of reference such as the European Patent Office (EPO). Yet, not all organizations file their patents at the EPO, raising the specter of a selection bias. Using novel datasets of the...

University-invented patents are often not owned by the university. Empirical knowledge about factors affecting the ownership of university patents is limited and mainly focuses on patent characteristics. To study how the ownership of German university patents (2006--2007) relates to patent and...

The study of the innovative output of organizations often relies on a count of patents filed at one single office of reference such as the European Patent Office (EPO). Yet, not all organizations file their patents at the EPO, raising the specter of a selection bias. Using novel datasets of the...

The study of the innovative output of organizations often relies on a count of patents filed at one single office of reference such as the European Patent Office (EPO). Yet, not all organizations file their patents at the EPO, raising the specter of a selection bias. Using novel datasets of the...

Based on interviews, conjoint analyses, and patent databases, the role of patents in venture capital financing is empirically investigated. For practitioners and academics alike this dissertation provides many novel insights on how the importance of patents differs between regions, industries,...