Tracking technology innovation trends
Despite the global economic downturn faced by the engineering and technology sector, and reports of steadily declining R&D budgets, world leading companies are still clearly dedicated to innovation and the generation of intellectual property. But in particular, it seems that Japanese technology firms – which have a policy of making long‐term investment in R&D and protecting that investment through patenting – understand better than most that patents are increasingly becoming a vital way of maintaining competitive advantage in the growing knowledge based economy.
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2003
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Strategic Direction. - MCB UP Ltd, ISSN 1758-8588, ZDB-ID 2089990-7. - Vol. 19.2003, 5, p. 33-35
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MCB UP Ltd |
Subject: | Innovation | Patents | Technology | Engineering | Automotive | Software |
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