Cesare Righi and Timothy Simcoe study how inventors use a particular type of patent, called a “continuation”, to obtain protection for technology developed after the original filing date of a first patent, in an attempt to increase licensing revenues.
Ramon Caminal examines the motivation behind time restrictions on loyalty awards and their implications for consumers and firms.
Chiara Fumagalli, Massimo Motta and Emanuele Tarantino study the effects of acquiring potential competitors and the optimal policy for regulating such mergers.
Albert Banal-Estañol, Inés Macho-Stadler, Jonás Nieto-Postigo and David Pérez-Castrillo create a novel data set of UK-based VC-backed startups to study the effects of the pre-institutional individual stakeholders on their eventual success.
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