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RESEARCH POLICY
Volume 36, Issue 8, Pages 1163-1183Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2007.07.006
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licensing; patent scope; complementary assets; firm size; markets for technology
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By using the PatVal-EU dataset we find that the most important determinant of patent licensing is firm size. Patent breadth, value, protection, and other factors suggested by the literature also have an impact, but not as important. In addition, most of these factors affect the willingness to license, but not whether a license actually takes place. We discuss why this suggests that there are transaction costs in the markets for technology. The issue is important because many potential licenses are not licensed suggesting that the markets for technology can be larger, with implied economic benefits. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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