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Female inventors and inventions
Koning, Rembrand; Samila, Sampsa; Ferguson, John-Paul - 2019
have influenced the direction of innovation over the last four decades. Our findings suggest that the demography of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012064997
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Global collaborative patents
Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R. - 2016
We study the prevalence and traits of global collaborative patents for U.S. public companies, where the inventor team is located both within and outside of the United States. Collaborative patents are frequently observed when a corporation is entering into a new foreign region for innovative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011561206
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Fingerprints of the visible hand : Chandlerian organizations and their inward looking malaise
Gambardella, Alfonso (contributor);  … - 2004
their inward looking or exploitationʺ attitude in R&D and innovation. We argue that because of sunk costs and learning …. Among other things, this suggests that explorationʺ, which leads to the opening of new innovation trajectories, requires not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003211779
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Multiple futures for society, research, and innovation in the European Union : jumping ahead to 2038
Daimer, Stephanie; Havas, Attila; Cuhls, Kerstin; … - 2021
We contribute to the Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) literature in two ways: (i) we consider how societal … aspects are taken into account in research and innovation activities in four fundamentally different futures, as opposed to … efficacy and efficiency of policy-making; legitimacy of research and innovation activities; societal involvement; equity; and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012623748
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Innovationspotentiale in Baden-Württemberg, branchenspezifische Forschungs- und Entwicklungsaktivität, regionales Patentaufkommen und Beschäftigungsstruktur
Christ, Julian P.; Rukwid, Ralf - 2012
, Entwicklung, Invention und Innovation. In diesem Beitrag wird daher überprüft, inwieweit die baden-württembergische Beschäftigung …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009548350
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Does R&D-cooperation behavior differ between regions?
Fritsch, Michael - 2002
This paper investigates interregional differences in cooperative behavior of manufacturing establishments in the field of research and development (R&D). The empirical analysis for eleven European regions reveals a number of significant differences between these regions in the propensity to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010512689
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Technology platforms in Europe : an empirical investigation
De Propris, Lisa; Corradini, Carlo - 2013 - revised version
In the last decades, innovation activity has been defined by an increasing complexity and a faster pace of the … underlying technological change. Accordingly, several studies have shown that competitive systems of innovation benefit from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010431699
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Institutionalized incentives for ingenuity : patent value and the German Employees' Inventions Act
Harhoff, Dietmar; Hoisl, Karin - 2006
Germany is one of few countries in which the monetary compensation for inventors is not only determined by negotiations between employer and employee-inventor, but also by relatively precise legal provisions. In this paper, we describe the characteristics of the German Employees' Inventions Act...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010441538
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The power of individual-level drivers of inventive performance
Zwick, Thomas; Frosch, Katharina; Hoisl, Karin; … - 2015
Based on an established theoretical framework of the drivers of inventive performance, the so-called KSAO (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Other) factors, this paper seeks to explain empirically the performance of inventors throughout their careers. We combine survey information spanning the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011381965
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Precocious inventors : early patenting success and lifetime inventive performance
Michlbauer, Theresa; Zwick, Thomas - 2021
This paper shows that inventors with an early patenting success have a higher inventive productivity during their remaining career. We use European patent data for a period of 32 years for 1240 German inventors. The patent data are linked with survey data that provide information on an extensive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012510353