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

Year: 2006

Type: preprint

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.

Source: RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

DOI: 10.5282/ubm/epub.1261

Authors: Harhoff, Dietmar, Hoisl, Karin

Institutions: Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Copenhagen Business School

Language: English

Topic: Intellectual Property and Patents

Subfield: Management of Technology and Innovation

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: European Commission

Award: G4899722669