Absorptive routines and international patent performance

International Patent Harmonization and Trade Balance of Patent Rights

The economic implications of international patent harmonization have attracted little empirical scrutiny. Based on patent application and renewal data in major European countries since the early 1980s, this paper examines the empirical relationship between international patenting, R&D, and “trade flows” of patent rights across national borders. The analysis reveals a substantial patent “trade i...

Patent Races, Product Standards, and International Competition

We examine anticipatory prcxiuct standards intended to improve the strategic position of fInns in an international patent race where fInns do R&D to develop products that are close substitutes. The effects of a standard are shown to depend on the way the standard is specified, which ftnn develops which product, and on the order in which products are discovered. Simple standards are, in general,...

Harmony and Disharmony in International Patent Law

Absorptive Capacity as a Basis for Construction Innovation: from a Capabilities to a Routines Perspective

Construction has been described as a sector with weak levels of Absorptive Capacity. At a time when the performance of the UK construction sector, in terms of levels of exports and future financial sustainability, is being widely discussed by policy makers, are the actual levels of Absorptive Capacity a ‘real and present’ risk to future sector performance? High levels of Absorptive Capacity hav...

Performance Evaluation of Linear Algebra Routines

In this paper we presents a tool for the dynamic forecast of performance of linear algebra routine as well as communication between clusters. FAST (Fast Agent ’s System Timer) is a software package allowing client applications to obtain an accurate forecast of routine needs in terms of completion time, memory space, and number of communication, as well as current system availability. FAST relie...