Everything you Always Wanted to Know About Inventors (But Never Asked): Evidence from the PatVal-EU Survey

Authors :: Harhoff, Dietmar
Hoisl, Karin
Publication Year :: 2006
Publisher :: München: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Fakultät für Betriebswirtschaft, 2006.
Abstract: Based on a survey of the inventors of 9,017 European patented inventions, this paper provides new information about the characteristics of European inventors, the sources of their knowledge, the importance of formal and informal collaborations, the motivations to invent, and the actual use and economic value of the patents.

Subjects :: O31
patent system
patent
O34
incentives
inventor, patent, incentives, innovation, patent system, patent value
ddc:650
J24
patent value
inventor
innovation

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