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The power of individual-level drivers of inventive performance

Zwick, Thomas; Frosch, Katharina; Hoisl, Karin; … - 2015

Based on an established theoretical framework of the drivers of inventive performance, the so-called KSAO (Knowledge …, Skills, Abilities, and Other) factors, this paper seeks to explain empirically the performance of inventors throughout their … of inventive performance such as inventor age and a broad list of applicant institution-, technology-, patent-, and …

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Corporate taxation and the quality of research and development

Ernst, Christof; Richter, Katharina; Riedel, Nadine - 2013

This paper examines the impact of tax incentives on corporate research and development (R&D) activity. Traditionally, R&D tax incentives have been provided in the form of special tax allowances and tax credits. In recent years, several countries moreover reduced their income tax rates on R&D...

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A look at both sides of the coin : investigating the protective and the disclosure effect of patenting

Heger, Diana; Zaby, Alexandra K. - 2013

This paper presents a theoretical and empirical investigation of the two basic effects of patenting: the positive effect of temporarily mitigating competition, and the negative effect of mandatory disclosure of a patent application. Providing empirical evidence for the presented theoretical...

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Protecting innovation through patents and trade secrets : determinants and performance impacts for firms with a single innovation

Crass, Dirk; Garcia-Valero, Francisco; Pitton, Francesco; … - 2016

This paper tests a number of hypotheses on the use and effectiveness of patents and trade secrets designed to protect innovation. While previous studies have often considered patents and trade secrets as substitutes for one another, we investigate the complementary role of the two protection...

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Measuring patent quality and national technological capacity in cross-country comparison

Boeing, Philipp; Müller, Elisabeth - 2016

China recently surpassed the USA as the greatest global source of patent applications. However, without internationally comparable measures of patent quality it remains questionable whether China's patent expansion constitutes the rise of a new technological superpower. Our novel quality index...

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The effect of institutional ownership on firm innovation : evidence from Chinese listed firms

Rong, Zhao; Wu, Xiaokai; Boeing, Philipp - 2017

Monitoring by institutional investors can act as an important mechanism to promote firm innovation. By investigating Chinese listed firms' patenting between 2002 and 2011, we find that the presence of institutional investors enhances firm innovation. Consistent with the monitoring view, we...

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Measuring patent quality in international comparison : index development and application to China

Boeing, Philipp; Müller, Elisabeth - 2015

We develop an index that compares the quality of Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications by considering citations generated by International Search Reports (ISRs). In its most restrictive variation, i.e. excluding citations from the home country and self-citations, the ISR index is not...

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An empirical test of the asymmetric models on innovative activity : who invests more into R&D - the incumbent or the challenger?

Czarnitzki, Dirk; Kraft, Kornelius - 2000

The theoretical discussion concerning the question whether the incumbent or the (potential) entrant invests more into R&D has attracted considerable interest. This paper reports the results of an empirical study on this question using data of about 3500 German firms over the years 1992 to 1995....

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Quantity or quality? : collaboration strategies in research and development and incentives to patent

Hottenrott, Hanna; Lopes-Bento, Cindy - 2012

This study shows for a large sample of R&D-active manufacturing firms that collaborative R&D has a positive effect on firms' patenting in terms of both quantity and quality. When distinguishing between alliances that aim at joint creation of new knowledge and alliances that aim at exchange of...

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Entrepreneurs from low-skilled immigrant groups in knowledge-intensive industries : company characteristics, survival and innovative performance

Müller, Elisabeth - 2011

native entrepreneurs with respect to start-up characteristics, firm survival and innovative performance. I focus on …

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