Among the constitutive questions for the institute is the relation between innovation and IPR systems. IPR systems are one of the oldest institutions set up to encourage innovation and have attracted controversial assessments on a regular basis. The research seeks to illuminate the usually complex legal and economic microstructure of these systems. The researchers mainly study patent, trademark and copyright systems, but also the effects of data exclusivity on innovation incentives.
Innovation processes often build upon scientific research results. The “economics of science” have grown into an essential area of innovation research. Due to their high social and economic importance, they play a particularly important role in the departments’ research projects.
Governments try to generate benefits for their citizens through measures of science, research and innovation policies. Over the last decades, this policy area has gained considerable global significance. The research projects at the department analyze the efficiency of particular policies and instruments.
The opening of innovation processes for new actors and new forms of division of labor (open innovation) have led to the emergence of new approaches in innovation policy and innovation management in recent years. Open access to research results has significantly influenced the framework conditions for research and innovation.
These developments have been further accelerated by digitalization. Projects with new metrics take account of the growing importance of digitalization. Web scraping approaches as well as machine learning techniques are used to determine the similarity between patents declared as standard-essential and the descriptions of technical standards.
Projects
Further research project
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
A Firm Scientific Community
Felix Pöge, Dr. Stefano H. Baruffaldi (MPI and University of Bath)
Further research project
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
Conference Data as a Window to Scientific and Innovation Communities
Dr. Stefano H. Baruffaldi (MPI and University of Bath)
Further research project
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
Copyright and Innovation in Digital Markets
Prof. Dietmar Harhoff, Ph.D., Prof. Dr. Reto M. Hilty, Dr. Alexander Suyer, Dr. Stefan Nothelfer
Further research project
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
Did Cheaper Flights Change the Direction of Science?
Prof. Christian Fons-Rosen, Ph.D. (MPI and Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Christian Catalini, Ph.D. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology),Patrick Gaule, Ph.D. (University of Bath)
Further research project
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
Discussants
Michael E. Rose, Ph.D., Dr. Co-Pierre Georg (University of Cape Town), Daniel C. Opolot, Ph.D. (University of Cape Town)
Further research project
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
Distance and the Timing of Licensing
Laurie Ciaramella, Ph.D. (MPI und Télécom ParisTech), Prof. Gaétan de Rassenfosse, Ph.D. (EPFL)
Further research project
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
Does Online Access Promote Research in Developing Countries? Empirical Evidence from Article-Level Data
Dr. Frank Müller-Langer, Dr. Marc Scheufen (Ruhr Univerität Bochum), Prof. Patrick Waelbroeck, Ph.D. (Télécom ParisTech)
Further research project
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
Does Open Access to Data Increase Citations?
Dr. Frank Müller-Langer, Dr. Mark McCabe (Boston University)
Further research project
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
Does Science Advance One Funeral at a Time?
Prof. Christian Fons-Rosen, Ph.D. (MPI and Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Prof. Pierre Azoulay, Ph.D. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Prof. Joshua Graff Zivin, Ph.D. (University of California, San Diego)
Dissertation
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
Enforcing and Trading Patents – Evidence for Europe
Dr. Fabian Gaessler
Dissertation
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
Essays on Corporate Innovation and the Public Sector
Felix Pöge
Dissertation
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
Essays on Technology Change in Health Care and Pharmaceutical Markets
Dennis Byrski
Dissertation
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
Essays on the Economics of Patents
Dr. Stefan Sorg
Further research project
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
Foreign Investment and Domestic Productivity: Identifying Knowledge Spillovers and Competition Effects
Prof. Christian Fons-Rosen, Ph.D. (MPI and Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Prof. Dr. Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan (University of Maryland), Prof. Bent Sorensen, Ph.D. (University of Houston), Prof. Vadym Volosovych, Ph.D. (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Further research project
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
Geography and Diversity in the Formation of Academic Collaborations Networks
Michael E. Rose, Ph.D., Krishna Dasaratha (Harvard University), Nir Hak (Harvard University), Dr. Co-Pierre Georg (University of Cape Town)
Further research project
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
Informal Contacts in Hiring: The Economics Job Market
Michael E. Rose, Ph.D., Suraj Shekhar, Ph.D. (University of Cape Town)
Dissertation
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
Innovation, Knowledge Spillovers and Digitalization
Zhaoxin Pu
Further research project
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
Internet-Based Technologies and Digital Business Models
Prof. Dietmar Harhoff, Ph.D., Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Kellerer (TUM), Prof. Dr. Monika Schnitzer (LMU), Michael Chromik (CDTM), Zhaoxin Pu, Matthias Wilhelm (LMU)
Further research project
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
Knowledge Lost in Capital
Dr. Stefano H. Baruffaldi (MPI and University of Bath), Dr. Fabian Gaessler
Further research project
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
Openness as Platform Strategy – Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment in Crowdfunding
Dr. Fabian Gaessler, Zhaoxin Pu
Further research project
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
Patent Boxes and the Relocation of Intellectual Property
Laurie Ciaramella, Ph.D. (MPI und Télécom ParisTech)
Dissertation
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
Patent Litigation in Europe
Dr. Fabian Gaessler
Further research project
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
Patent Thickets
Prof. Dietmar Harhoff, Ph.D., Georg von Graevenitz, Ph.D. (Queen Mary University of London), Prof. Dr. Stefan Wagner (ESMT Berlin)
Dissertation
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
Patent Transfers in Europe
Dr. Fabian Gaessler
Further research project
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
Patents and Cumulative Innovation – Evidence from Post-Grant Patent Oppositions
Prof. Dietmar Harhoff, Ph.D., Dr. Fabian Gaessler, Dr. Stefan Sorg
Further research project
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
Patents, Data Exclusivity and the Development of New Drugs
Dr. Fabian Gaessler, Prof. Dr. Stefan Wagner (ESMT Berlin)
Further research project
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
Patterns, Determinants and Outcomes of Inventor Mobility
Prof. Dietmar Harhoff, Ph.D., Prof. Dr. Karin Hoisl (MPI and University of Mannheim),Dr. Matthias Dorner (IAB)
Further research project
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
Political Connections: Evidence from Insider Trading Around TARP
Prof. Christian Fons-Rosen, Ph.D. (MPI and Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Prof. Jose Luis Peydro, Ph.D. (Pompeu Fabra University), Prof. Özlem Akin, Ph.D. (Özyeğin University), Nicholas Coleman, Ph.D. (Federal Reserve Board)
Further research project
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
pybliometrics: Scriptable Bibliometrics Using a Python Interface to Scopus
Michael E. Rose, Ph.D., John R. Kitchin (Carnegie Mellon University)
Further research project
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
Quantifying Productivity Gains from Foreign Investment
Prof. Christian Fons-Rosen, Ph.D. (MPI and Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Prof. Dr. Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan (University of Maryland), Prof. Bent Sorensen, Ph.D. (University of Houston), Prof. Vadym Volosovych, Ph.D. (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Further research project
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
R&D Investments, Innovation and Corporate Taxation: Evidence from German Municipalities
Felix Pöge, Dr. Ingo Isphording (IZA), Dr. Andreas Lichter (IZA), Max Löffler (Universität zu Köln), Dr. Thu-Van Nguyen (Stifterverband), Jun. Prof. Dr. Sebastian Siegloch (Universität Mannheim)
Externally funded project
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
SFB / TRR 190
Prof. Dietmar Harhoff, Ph.D., Dr. Anna Gumpert (LMU), Prof. Dr. Monika Schnitzer (LMU), Dr. Marina Chugunova, Dr. Fabian Gaessler, Klaus Keller, Timm Opitz, Dr. Rainer Widmann, Robin Mamrak (LMU), Felix Montag (LMU), Alessandra Allocca (LMU)
Further research project
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
Social Ties for Labor Market Access – Lessons from the Migration of East German Inventors
Prof. Dietmar Harhoff, Ph.D., Dr. Matthias Dorner (IAB), Prof. Dr. Karin Hoisl (MPI and University of Mannheim), Dipl. Volkswirtin Tina Hinz (Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg), Dipl. Soziologe Stefan Bender (Deutsche Bundesbank)
Further research project
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
sosia
Michael E. Rose, Ph.D., Dr. Stefano H. Baruffaldi (MPI and University of Bath)
Dissertation
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
Standard-Essential Patents and Technical Standards
Lorenz Brachtendorf
Further research project
Intellectual Property and Competition Law
Standard-Essential Patents and the Role of Standard-Setting Organizations
Prof. Dr. Josef Drexl, LL.M., Prof. Dietmar Harhoff, Ph.D., Pedro Batista, Dr. Beatriz Conde, Dr. Fabian Gaessler, Martin Husovec, Dr. Peter Picht, Dr. Gintarė Surblytė, Charalampos Tsilikas, Alina Wernick
Dissertation
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
Supplementary Protection Certificates and the Direction of R&D
Dennis Byrski
Further research project
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
The Effect of Incentives on International Mobility
Dr. Stefano H. Baruffaldi (MPI und University of Bath)
Externally funded project
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
The Effects of Inventor Mobility on Productivity in Agglomerations and Teams – Evidence Based on Linked Inventor Biography Data
Dr. Fabian Gaessler, Dr. Jörg Heining (IAB), Prof. Dr. Karin Hoisl (MPI and University of Mannheim), Dr. Matthias Dorner (IAB), Prof. Dietmar Harhoff, Ph.D., Felix Pöge
Dissertation
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
The Future of Germany’s Hidden Champions in Times of Digital Transformation
Daniel Wittenstein
Dissertation
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
The Selection of Patents for Litigation
Dr. Stefan Sorg
Externally funded project
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
The Use of Copyright-Protected Creative Online Content by German Consumers
Prof. Dietmar Harhoff, Ph.D., Prof. Dr. Reto M. Hilty, Dr. Roland A. Stürz, Dr. Alexander Suyer
Further research project
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
Tracing the Path from Science to Technology
Prof. Dietmar Harhoff, Ph.D., Dr. Stefano H. Baruffaldi (MPI and University of Bath), Dr. Fabian Gaessler, Felix Pöge
Further research project
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
What 5,000 Acknowledgements Tell Us About Informal Collaboration in Financial Economics
Michael E. Rose, Ph.D., Co-Pierre Georg, Ph.D. (University of Cape Town)
