This article addresses companies’ filing behaviour in respect of patents relevant for standard-setting (“essential patents”). We discuss applicants’ incentives to achieve conformity of patent applications with technology standards under development. Based on these incentive structures,...

Der vorliegende Endbericht ist Ergebnis der Studie „Die volkswirtschaftliche Bedeutunggeistigen Eigentums und dessen Schutzes mit Fokus auf den Mittelstand“, welche imAuftrag des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Technologie durch das Fraunhofer-Institut für System und...

SFB 649 Discussion Paper 2008-029 Genetic Codes of Mergers, Post Merger Technology Evolution and Why Mergers Fail Alexander Cuntz* * Technische Universität Berlin, Germany This research was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft through the SFB...

This paper addresses the key determinants of merger failure, in particular the role of innovation (post-merger performance) and technology (ex-ante selection) when firms decide to separate. After a brief review of the existing literature we introduce a model of process innovation where merged...