Product Description: Stefan M. Wagner analyses problems associated with institutional changes (duration of patent examination and opposition mechanisms), the expansion of the patentable subject matter and organizational challenges for industrial patentees...read more

Product Description: Felix Treptow examines the changing relationship between exchanges and issuers, analyses the micro- and macroeconomic drivers of the demutualization decision, and investigates its impact on market liquidity. He presents a detailed analysis of both the determinants as well as the consequences of the demutualization of securities exchanges...read more

Product Description: Martin Heibel analyzes founder turnover in German venture capital backed start-up companies. He develops two unique data sets specifically assembled through an experiment and an online survey. His in-depth analyses cover antecedents and performance implications of founder turnover...read more

Product Description: Daniel Hobohm analyzes more than 17,000 investments by more than 1800 international investors in more than 2400 private equity and venture capital funds over the last two decades. He compares different investor types in their fund preferences, home bias and investor responses to market shocks...read more

Product Description: Joachim Henkel zeigt am Beispiel von "embedded Linux" auf, dass eine selektive Freigabe von Entwicklungen offene, kollektive Innovationsprozesse ermöglicht, von denen unter geeigneten Bedingungen alle Beteiligen profitieren. Kostspielige Parallelarbeiten können vermieden werden und die Unternehmen ihre Ressourcen auf diejenigen Entwicklungen konzentrieren, die für ihre Kunden wirklich Wert schaffen...read more

Product Description: Driven by the convergence of international financial public markets, investors around the globe are searching for alternative asset classes which enable diversification of their portfolios while earning attractive returns. Private equity, denominating equity investments in privately held companies, promises to meet both criteria...read more

Product Description: Christian Tausend analysiert den Selektionsprozess sowie die Kriterien, die Investoren zur Auswahl von einzelnen VC-Fonds heranziehen. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass Investoren vor allem auf die Erfahrung des Management-Teams eines VC-Fonds achten, aber auch die Zusammensetzung des Teams berücksichtigen...read more

Product Description: Karin Hoisl is concerned with innovation processes and the involved inventors. Her focus is on the determinants of inventor productivity, the relationship between inventor mobility and inventor productivity, and the establishment of efficient incentive systems to commit key inventors to the firm...read more

Product Description: Firm-established brand communities enable companies to increase the brand loyalty and word-of-mouth communication of their customers. Furthermore they represent an adequate organizational form for companies to integrate consumers into their innovation processes...read more