Patents, innovations and technological development in Norwegian whaling, 1880-1968: A case-study of validity problems in the use of patent statistics as indicators of innovation and technological change
Taking whaling as an example the article analyses the problems of validity that arise when patent statistics are used as an indicator of technological change in a particular industry. The results show that in this industry the patent statistics are a reliable indicator of technological development.
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1981
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Authors: | Basberg, Bjørn L. |
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World Patent Information. - Elsevier, ISSN 0172-2190. - Vol. 3.1981, 1, p. 19-22
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Elsevier |
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