Given the growing size of patent databases and portfolios, scholars and practitioners alike need metrics to help them in weighting patent counts or in ranking patents to focus on the most important ones. The main objective of this paper is to help them in this task with a practical and...

This article contributes to the literature on the determinants of patent value in two ways. First, it introduces a new potential class of value determinants in the form of filing strategies (including filing routes, drafting styles and divisional filings). Second, it provides empirical evidence...

Cet article présente les principaux groupes de produits qui constituent l’alimentation de l’humanité au début du XXIe siècle. Il définit les concepts de sous-alimentation, malnutrition et sécurité alimentaire, expose les disponibilités énergétiques alimentaires dans différents...