Different from previous studies that tend to use in-house research and development (R&D)
as a proxy for absorptive capacity but fail to reveal the origins of this R&D ability, this paper …

We study whether past cooperation activities make firms more likely to use disembodied
technology licensed by other firms. Using empirical evidence from the PITEC database, a …

This paper examines the impact of alliance partners' ex ante governance choices related to
knowledge exchange on ex post innovative outcomes. Building on insights from alliance …

Using contract-level data, we study the relation between the inclusion of know-how in cross-
border patent licensing agreements and the contractual terms used by firms to deal with …

The significance of industrial design in shaping the world is increasingly acknowledged.
This study aims to investigate the role of industrial design in economic growth, particularly in …

Intellectual property comes in many forms, trade secrets, copyrights, and patents being the
most important in relation to technology transfer. The key question is how IP protection …

While the literature tend to use in-house R&D as a proxy for absorption capacity and be
silent about where this ability of doing R&D has come from, this paper has tried to dig out the …

Different from previous studies that tend to use in-house research and development (R&D)
as a proxy for absorptive capacity but fail to reveal the origins of this R&D ability, this paper …

2. Patent life has increased in the past 20 years, but the rate of innovation has not. Moreover,
only one in three new drugs developed in the past 25 years represent a clear therapeutic …

Objectives: While the literature tend to use in-house R&D as a proxy for absorption capacity,
this study shows that before firms being able to do in-house R&D, they go through a series of …