such applications, a key role is played by complementarities in the process of innovation. …

complementarity or substitutability. In addition, and to our knowledge novel, we propose a measure of concordance (or proximity …This work investigates the relationship between proxies of innovation activities, such as patents and trademarks, and …

sustain the innovation process that is at the basis of our prosperity. In this paper we deal with the age distributions of … among inventors. Additionally, we advance the new hypothesis that any age-bias in innovation activity should show up as …

use both academic publications and patent data to trace the geographical distribution of related knowledge and innovation …

This paper analyses the causal impact of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) on pharmaceutical innovation in a panel of …. Domestic innovation is measured as citation-weighted domestic patents filed at the European Patent Office (EPO): to account for … to patent at the EPO. Results show that, in the short-run, IPR stimulate innovation. The effect for developing countries …