Trade marks and performance in UK firms: evidence of Schumpeterian competition through innovation
This paper uses novel data on trade mark activity of UK manufacturing and service sector firms to investigate whether trade marks improve the profitability and productivity of firms. We first analyse Tobin's q, the ratio of stock market value to book value of tangible assets. We then investigat...
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University of Oxford
2007
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