Everything you always wanted to know about inventors (but never asked) : evidence from the PatVal-EU Survey

Paola Giuri; Myriam Mariani; Stefano Brusoni; Gustavo Crespi; Dominique Francoz; Alfonso Gambardella; Walter Garcia-Fontes; Aldo Geuna; Raul Gonzales; Dietmar Harhoff; Karin Hoisl; Christian Lebas; Alessandra Luzzi; Laura Magazzini; Lionel Nesta; Önder Nomaler; Neus Palomeras; Pari Patel; Marzia Romanelli; Bart Verspagen

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.

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Year of publication:	2006
Authors:	Giuri, Paola ; Mariani, Myriam ; Brusoni, Stefano ; Crespi, Gustavo ; Francoz, Dominique ; Gambardella, Alfonso ; García Fontes, Walter ; Geuna, Aldo ; Gonzales, Raul ; Harhoff, Dietmar ; Hoisl, Karin ; Lebas, Christian ; Luzzi, Alessandra ; Magazzini, Laura ; Nesta, Lionel ; Nomaler, Önder ; Palomeras, Neus ; Patel, Parimal ; Romanelli, Marzia ; Verspagen, Bart
Publisher:	München : Fakultät für Betriebswirtschaft, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Subject:	inventor \| patent \| incentives \| innovation \| patent system \| patent value \| Patent \| Erfindung \| Invention \| Innovation \| EU-Staaten \| EU countries \| Patentrecht \| Patent law