R versus D, from knowledge creation to value appropriation: Ownership of patents filed by European biotechnology founders

Gianluca Fabiano, Andrea Marcellusi and Giampiero Favato

Technovation, 2021, vol. 108, issue C

Abstract: Biotechnology firms are often created on the premise of commercialising the results of research carried out by scientists with heterogeneous careers and research trajectories. Patents filed by company founders provide accessible information on the appropriation of knowledge through the assignment of intellectual property rights (IPR).

Keywords: Patent ownership; Scientific founders; Knowledge technology transfer; European biotechnology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L33 L38 O31 O32 O34 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2021.102328

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