Where is the entrepreneurship bang for the patenting buck? Utility versus design patents
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2020
Department/School
Economics
Publication Title
Managerial and Decision Economics
Abstract
© 2019 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This research contributes to the literature on entrepreneurship by studying whether design patents and utility patents have similar effects on entrepreneurial activity. Other contributions of this research include comparing the relative influences on startup versus established entrepreneurs and the effects of patents versus trademarks. Results, based on a panel of U.S. states, show that established entrepreneurs benefit from both types of patenting and from trademarks, whereas startup entrepreneurs significantly benefit from only design patents, and the effects of design patents and trademarks are opposite. These findings suggest that the entrepreneurship bang from the patenting buck might differ across patenting types.
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Goel, R. K., & Saunoris, J. W. (2020). Where is the entrepreneurship bang for the patenting buck? Utility versus design patents. Managerial and Decision Economics, 41(1), 25–35. https://doi.org/10.1002/mde.3088