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Employee stock options and innovation: Evidence from an exogenous shock to employee intellectual property rights
- Jang, Soomi;
- Kovacs, Tunde;
- Choi, Heeick
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This study uses an external shock, the 2008 Court of Appeals Federal Circuit (CAFC) ruling that weakened patent property rights of inventor-employees and strengthened those of employers, to examine employee option grants' effectiveness in motivating innovation. Firms that experience a decrease in the property rights of inventor-employees subsequently increase the value, number, delta, and vega of employee option grants, as well as innovation activities following the CAFC ruling. Our evidence suggests that employee stock option compensation is an important factor motivating employees to innovate.
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Employee stock options; Incentives; Innovation; Patents; EXECUTIVE-COMPENSATION; OWNERSHIP; INCENTIVES; FIRM; PERFORMANCE; BENEFITS; COSTS; RISK
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- Employee stock options and innovation: Evidence from an exogenous shock to employee intellectual property rights
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- Jang, Soomi; Kovacs, Tunde; Choi, Heeick
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- 2026-01
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- 96