Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/104473 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Paper No. 2006-11
Publisher: 
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Fakultät für Betriebswirtschaft, München
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.
Subjects: 
inventor
patent
incentives
innovation
patent system
patent value
JEL: 
J24
O31
O34
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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