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dc.contributor.authorHeger, Dianaen
dc.contributor.authorZaby, Alexandra K.en
dc.date.accessioned2010-01-21-
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-24T14:42:15Z-
dc.date.available2010-09-24T14:42:15Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:bsz:21-opus-43580en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/40303-
dc.description.abstractThis paper empirically investigates a firm's propensity to patent. It thereby builds on a theoretical model on a firms' patenting decision in a market with vertically differentiated products. We deduce and empirically test several hypotheses from the theoretical results regarding patenting and rival's market entry decision presented in Zaby (2009). Our main finding is that in industries which are characterized by easy-to-use knowledge spillover, the technological lead of the inventor is reduced to such an extent that the propensity to patent increases. Furthermore, the intensity of patent protection has a delaying impact on rival's market entry.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aEberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät |cTübingenen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aTübinger Diskussionsbeiträge |x325en
dc.subject.jelL13en
dc.subject.jelO14en
dc.subject.jelO33en
dc.subject.jelO34en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordpatenting decisionen
dc.subject.keywordsecrecyen
dc.subject.keyworddisclosure requirementen
dc.subject.keywordpatent heighten
dc.subject.keywordvertical product differentiationen
dc.subject.stwInnovationen
dc.subject.stwPatenten
dc.subject.stwGeheimhaltungen
dc.subject.stwLizenzvergabeen
dc.subject.stwProduktdifferenzierungen
dc.subject.stwMarkteintritten
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.titleThe propensity to patent with vertically differentiated products: An empirical investigation-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn616915004en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:tuedps:325en

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