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Wednesday, April 19th

OPENING CONFERENCE
Jean-Claude COMBALDIEU, Président de l'OHMI
"Mieux connaître le rôle économique de la marque communautaire ?"

Bart VERSPAGEN, MERIT - University of Maastricht
The Spatial Dimension of Knowledge Spillovers in Europe :
Evidence from Firm Patenting Data

Innovative Activities, Profitability, and Heterogeneity
E. CEFIS, (U. of Bergamo, Italy), M. CICCARELLI, (U. of Alicante, Spain)
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Growth and R&D Efficiency within a Monopolistic Competition Model
J. HELLIER, (MEDEE - U. de Lille & LEN - C3E - U. de Nantes, France)

Heterogeneity of Firm Performance and the Elasticity of Knowledge Capital :
Innovation Study at Firm Level
H. LÖÖF, (Royal Inst. of Technology Industrial Economics and Management, Sweden)

New HRM Practices, Complementarities and the Impact on Innovation Performance
K. LAURSEN, N.J. FOSS (Copenhagen Business School, Denmark)

Contributed papers

Improvements in the Agriculture-Indusrial Beef Chain in Brazil : Technological Innovation and Quality
M. D. FONSECA, (CRIC/ESRC/U. of Manchester, U.K.),
J. da SILVERA, (Instituto de Economia, Brazil)

Testing PTM Effects in Automobile Industry : The Case of Castle and Lion (Spain)
J. HERRERA REVUELTA, J. SANTAMARIA FIDALGO, (U. of Valladolid, Spain)
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Analysing Patents Grants
D. GUELLEC, (OECD, DSTI-EASD, France),
B. Van POTTELSBERGHE, (U. libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)

The Impact of Vertical R & D Cooperation on Firm Innovation : an Empirical Investigation
N. HARABI, (U. of Applied Sciences Solothurn, Switzerland)
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How Persistently do Firms Patent ? An Evolutionary View. An Empirical Application of Duration Models
C. LE BAS, A. CABAGNOLS, C. GAY, (U. Lumière Lyon 2, France)

Determinants of Opposition against EPO Patent Grants.The Case of Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals
M. REITZIG (INNO-tec, Munich, Germany),
D. HARHOFF (Centre for Economic Policy Research, London U.K)

Industrial Property in Mexican Pharmaceutical Industry
R. SOTO, R. CASSAIGNE, R. CARDENAS, P. PARRA, (UNAM, Mexico)
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Regulatory Filing data for Pharmaceutical Products as an Alternative for a Patent-Based Indicator
W. MEEUSEN, F. Van EX, (CESIT, U. of Antwerp, Belgium)

On Patent Protection
S. TOGAN, (Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey)

Patents, New Products and a Firm's Stockmarket Value : an Event Study of Pharmaceutical Patents and Drug Introduction
S. CAMPART, (U. du Havre, France), E. PFISTER, (U. Paris 1 - CESSEFI TEAM, France)

The determinants of patenting activities in Belgian manufacturing
M. CINCERA, (OSTC-ULB, Belgium)

Patents Against Imitators : an Empirical Investigation on French Data
E. COMBE, (U. du Havre, France), E. PFISTER, (U. Paris 1 - CESSEFI TEAM, France)

Regulators and Competition - Spurring or Retarding Innovation in the Telecommunications Sector?
H. KOSKI, (Institute of the Finnish Economy, Finland)

Inter-Firme Cooperation and Spillover
C. MACDISSI, (U. Antilles-Guyane, France), S. NEGASSI, (SESSI - Ministère de l'Industrie, France)

Legal Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights : an Empirical Study on French Trade Marks
E. PFISTER, (U. Paris 1 - CESSEFI TEAM, France)

Thursday, April 20th

Derek BOSWORTH UMIST - Manchester School of Management
The Global Distribution of R&D and New Product Activities
Cette contribution écrite est cosignée avec Sylvia MASSINI.
Les recherches ont été menées avec Laura Stanciu.

The Internationalisation of Technnology Analysed with Patent Data
D. GUELLEC, (OECD, DSTI-EASD, France), B. Van POTTELSBERGHE, (U. libre de Bruxelles, Belgium )

Patent Regimes and Internationalization of Economic Activities : Some Empirical Evidence from U.S. Multinationals
U. NAIR-REICHERT, (Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA)

International Patenting, Patent Rights, and Technology Gaps
W.G. PARK, (Americain University, Washington, USA)

R&D, Technology Spillowers and Shares of the UE Import Market : Empirical Evidence for G7 Countries
P. HANEL (U. of Sherbrooke, Canada), S. ZORGATI (U. of Québec, Montréal, Canada)

L'Apport des Données de Renouvellement à la Modélisation du Lien Brevet-R&D
G. KOLEDA, T. MERZI, (EUREQua - ERASME Paris I, France)

Innovation Dynamics in Network Markets : Patent Count Model with Selectivity, Endogenous R&D and Network Effects
H. KOSKI, (Institute of the Finnish Economy, Finland)

Are Product and Process Innovations complementary Decisions?
E. MARTINEZ-ROS, (U. Carlos III, Madrid, Spain),
J.M. LABEAGA (U. Nacional de Educacion a Distancia, Spain)
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Measuring Knowledge Spillovers Using Belgian EPO and USPTO Patent Data
J. PLASMANS, R. LUKATCH, (UFSIA - U. of Antwerp and Tilburg U., Netherlands)