| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 报告 |
| DOI | 10.3386/w13644 |
| 来源ID | Working Paper 13644 |
| Patents, Thickets, and the Financing of Early-Stage Firms: Evidence from the Software Industry | |
| Iain M. Cockburn; Megan MacGarvie | |
| 发表日期 | 2007-11-29 |
| 出版年 | 2007 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | The impact of stronger intellectual property rights in the software industry is controversial. One means by which patents can affect technical change, industry dynamics, and ultimately welfare, is through their role in stimulating or stifling entry by new ventures. Patents can block entry, or raise entrants' costs in variety of ways, while at the same time they may stimulate entry by improving the bargaining position of entrants vis-à-vis incumbents, and supporting a "market for technology" which enables new ventures to license their way into the market, or realize value through trade in their intangible assets. One important impact of patents may be their influence on capital markets, and here we find evidence that the extraordinary growth in patenting of software during the 1990s is associated with significant effects on the financing of software companies. Start-up software companies operating in markets characterized by denser patent thickets see their initial acquisition of VC funding delayed relative to firms in markets less affected by patents. The relationship between patents and the probability of IPO or acquisition is more complex, but there is some evidence that firms without patents are less likely to go public if they operate in a market characterized by patent thickets. |
| 主题 | Industrial Organization ; Market Structure and Firm Performance ; Development and Growth ; Innovation and R& ; D |
| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w13644 |
| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/571327 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Iain M. Cockburn,Megan MacGarvie. Patents, Thickets, and the Financing of Early-Stage Firms: Evidence from the Software Industry. 2007. |
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