Add to ORKGDraft, comments welcome The paper aims at better understanding the monetary role of patents for SMEs. The analysis relies on an original dataset based on an international survey carried out by the European Patent Office. The main results can be summarized as follows. First, the monetary uses of patent are strongly associated with SMEs. 30 to 40 percent of European and US SMEs do patent for such reasons. Second, companies in the US severely outperform these in Europe in terms of licensing: controlling for the willingness to license and the size of the patents portfolio, the share of patents licensed for European SMEs still remains significantly lower as compared with US SMEs. This result suggests that the European market for technology could...
In order to observe a patent application at the firm level, two conditions need to be met: new produ...
Whereas prior research has provided valuable insights into the willingness of small and medium-sized...
SMEs do not own many patents. Although the reasons for not patenting have been the subject of much r...
Previous research has shown that in the past small firms have initiated a vaster amount of disruptiv...
In response to scepticism about the benefits of patenting in small firms, this paper provides new e...
Empirical evidence shows that the distribution of patent applications is highly skewed in terms of c...
The authors consider evidence from a range of sources about the propensity of small and medium-si...
The problems technology based Small and Medium sized Entities (SMEs) face in their daily business´ r...
Whereas prior research has provided valuable insights into the willingness of small and medium-sized...
This paper provides novel empirical evidence on the private value of patents and R&D. We analyze...
October 2009This paper provides an overview of a new database that uses intellectual property data t...
This paper has benefited from helpful comments made by anonymous referees and by the participants of...
Managers make a number of strategic choices when trying to capture returns from innovation investmen...
Over the last decade, public patent subsidies have played an important role in several countries in ...
In order to observe a patent application at the firm level, two conditions need to be met: new produ...
Whereas prior research has provided valuable insights into the willingness of small and medium-sized...
SMEs do not own many patents. Although the reasons for not patenting have been the subject of much r...
Previous research has shown that in the past small firms have initiated a vaster amount of disruptiv...
In response to scepticism about the benefits of patenting in small firms, this paper provides new e...
Empirical evidence shows that the distribution of patent applications is highly skewed in terms of c...
The authors consider evidence from a range of sources about the propensity of small and medium-si...
The problems technology based Small and Medium sized Entities (SMEs) face in their daily business´ r...
Whereas prior research has provided valuable insights into the willingness of small and medium-sized...
This paper provides novel empirical evidence on the private value of patents and R&D. We analyze...
October 2009This paper provides an overview of a new database that uses intellectual property data t...
This paper has benefited from helpful comments made by anonymous referees and by the participants of...
Managers make a number of strategic choices when trying to capture returns from innovation investmen...
Over the last decade, public patent subsidies have played an important role in several countries in ...
In order to observe a patent application at the firm level, two conditions need to be met: new produ...
Whereas prior research has provided valuable insights into the willingness of small and medium-sized...
SMEs do not own many patents. Although the reasons for not patenting have been the subject of much r...