1. A regional comparison of enterprise patent holdings: A study of British and Irish data
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Mainwaring, Lynn, Moore, Nigel J., and Murphy, Philip D.
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Patents -- Comparative analysis ,Patent/copyright issue ,Business ,Business, general ,Social sciences - Abstract
To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2007.09.005 Byline: Lynn Mainwaring (a), Nigel J. Moore (a), Philip D. Murphy (b) Keywords: UK and Irish patents; Firms; Regions; Regional innovation systems Abstract: We present findings of an analysis of data on firms located in South West England, Wales, Scotland and the Republic of Ireland -- regions of varying political and economic autonomy. The information relates to patent publications since 1983, obtained from searches at the UK and Irish Patent Offices, employment, sector of business and headquarters location. Regional imputations are according to holders' rather than inventors' addresses and issues arising from this are discussed. Descriptive statistics and regressions suggest that overall levels of activity are weakest in Ireland (contrary to its 'tiger' image); that firms owned outside the region make little contribution to regional patent stocks; and that patenting activity rises monotonically with firm size. Author Affiliation: (a) School of Law, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK (b) Department of Economics, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK Article History: Received 7 April 2006; Revised 24 April 2007; Accepted 26 September 2007
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- 2007