Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/306161 
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2023
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[Journal:] British Journal of Management [ISSN:] 1467-8551 [Volume:] 35 [Issue:] 3 [Publisher:] Wiley [Place:] Hoboken, NJ [Year:] 2023 [Pages:] 1580-1591
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Wiley, Hoboken, NJ
Abstract: 
This paper shows that the American Inventor's Protection Act, which introduced the disclosure of patent applications after 18 months, that is, before a grant decision is taken and, hence, before it is known whether the respective technology will receive legal protection, is associated with a reduction of family firms' research and development (R&D) investment. This suggests that early disclosure of patent applications is perceived as a threat to family firms' innovation activity and discourages their R&D investment. This finding deserves our attention because family firms account for a large share of the US economy, and a reduction in their R&D investment can have long‐term consequences.
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