Evolving properties of intellectual capitalism : Patents and innovation for growth and welfare

Contents: Preface -- 1. Innovation, IP and intellectual capitalism -- 2. Analytical framework -- 3. Patents and innovations for growth and welfare - a literature review -- 4. Methodology -- 5. Patents, innovations and growth - empirical analysis -- 6. What explains fluctuations in patenting frequency and propensity? -- 7. Discussion and general innovation and IP policy recommendations -- 8. Special recommendations for increasing patent knowledge and patenting -- 9. Patent and innovation system developments in Europe, Asia and the US -- 10. Transnational policy recommendations and policy issues -- 11. Global innovation and intellectual capitalism -- 12. Summary and conclusions -- References -- Index.