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Thomä, J. Kleinunternehmen und der Schutz von Innovationen – benachteiligt oder einfach anders?. ZfKE – Zeitschrift für KMU und Entrepreneurship, 57(3–4), 219-238. https://doi.org/10.3790/zfke.57.3-4.219
Thomä, Jörg "Kleinunternehmen und der Schutz von Innovationen – benachteiligt oder einfach anders?" ZfKE – Zeitschrift für KMU und Entrepreneurship 57.3–4, 2009, 219-238. https://doi.org/10.3790/zfke.57.3-4.219
Thomä, Jörg (2009): Kleinunternehmen und der Schutz von Innovationen – benachteiligt oder einfach anders?, in: ZfKE – Zeitschrift für KMU und Entrepreneurship, vol. 57, iss. 3–4, 219-238, [online] https://doi.org/10.3790/zfke.57.3-4.219
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Kleinunternehmen und der Schutz von Innovationen – benachteiligt oder einfach anders?

Thomä, Jörg

ZfKE – Zeitschrift für KMU und Entrepreneurship, Vol. 57(2009), Iss. 3–4 : pp. 219–238

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Jörg Thomä, Volkswirtschaftliches Institut für Mittelstand und Handwerk an der Universität Göttingen (ifh Göttingen), Käte-Hamburger-Weg 1, DE-37073 Göttingen.

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Abstract

On average SMEs utilize intellectual property rights (IPRs) to a much lesser extent than large enterprises do. As a common explanation it is argued, that this is due to disadvantages associated with their smaller company size. Against this background several policy actions to support SMEs in using the IPR-System are in charge. Nevertheless, this paper asks if the effects of firm size are really the only driving force on IPR-usage in SMEs. Especially the appropriability of innovations in small enterprises seems to be based on special features, which also have an influence on the magnitude of IPR-usage. It is shown that these findings may have important implications for future research on this topic, which is of relevance for policies to support the appropriability conditions in SMEs.

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