MTEI Student Seminar by Ali Mohammadi
Event details
| Date | 06.11.2013 |
| Hour | 12:00 › 13:30 |
| Speaker | Ali Mohammadi, PhD Student, School from Politecnico di Milano |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
"The Fate of Patents: An Exploratory Analysis of Patents as IPO Signals of Reputation Advantage"
Discussant: Markus Simeth
Abstract:
Drawing on the reputation literature and signaling theory, this article builds on work that looks at patents as reputation signals. We build a multi-industry database of patents that expire due to lack of maintenance fee payments and test for a relationship between these patents and the firm’s IPO date. We find a significant and positive relationship between the likelihood of patents expiring due to lack of maintenance fee payments and the time to IPO. We also find that patents associated with firms which are not venture capital backed, are more likely to expire. Our findings suggest that patents that are used for signaling intentions are more likely to be underutilized. Implications for research and policy are discussed.
Discussant: Markus Simeth
Abstract:
Drawing on the reputation literature and signaling theory, this article builds on work that looks at patents as reputation signals. We build a multi-industry database of patents that expire due to lack of maintenance fee payments and test for a relationship between these patents and the firm’s IPO date. We find a significant and positive relationship between the likelihood of patents expiring due to lack of maintenance fee payments and the time to IPO. We also find that patents associated with firms which are not venture capital backed, are more likely to expire. Our findings suggest that patents that are used for signaling intentions are more likely to be underutilized. Implications for research and policy are discussed.
Practical information
- General public
- Free
Organizer
- Management of Technology & Entrepreneurship Institute