| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10483210 | Research Policy | 2013 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
⺠I report the first results regarding the effects of compensation plans for employee inventions on R&D productivity. ⺠I use mainly system GMM to examine the effect of compensation plans. ⺠Revenue-based compensation plans based on patent performance lead to an increase in the number of high cited patents. ⺠Revenue-based compensation plans has a larger effect on patent quality in smaller firms ⺠These results indicate that monetary incentives is effective on the motivation of employee inventors.
Keywords
Related Topics
Social Sciences and Humanities
Business, Management and Accounting
Business and International Management
Authors
Koichiro Onishi,