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Theoretical suggestions are inconsistent with empirical findings about whether patent pools encourage innovation domain. This paper empirically examines the firm-level innovation on patent pool formation. In order to empirically investigate the variance of the innovation performance of patent pool, this paper proposes hypothesis for post-formation innovation performance in comparison to pre-formation one in the DVD (Digital Versatile or Digital Video Discs) 3C pool members. This paper employs well-used patent quality indicator- forward citation count as patent quality measurement. To further test the hypothesis, this paper will apply one-sample t-test to conclude whether the mean of the post-formation forward citation count significantly declines comparing with the pre-formation one. Based on the result, this paper aims to verify whether patent pools formation slow down patent innovation performance from firm-level perspective and contribute to the growing literature on the effect of institutional innovations on the follow-on innovation.
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The author thanks the National Science Council of Taiwan for supporting this research under the grant of NSC 101-2221-E-027 -080 -. The author also thanks Pei–Chi Chang’s (master student at National Taipei University of Technology) efforts in generating data.
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Wang, YH. (2013). Innovation Performance on Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) 3C Patent Pool Formation. In: Park, J., Barolli, L., Xhafa, F., Jeong, HY. (eds) Information Technology Convergence. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 253. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6996-0_57
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