-term/secular effects of technological change at different levels. The results of the panel data reveal an increase of the patent numbers … resulting from R&D expenditures. However, we also find a difference in the elasticities of BERD and patents between patent …-intensive and non-patent-intensive sectors. In addition, the association between patents and labor productivity falls when all …

Global innovations have been on the rise in the last decade. About 4.5% of all transnational patent filings are global … 70% of all international co-patents were global innovations. Global innovations also outperform the average patent in … terms of patent quality, i.e. global innovations are significantly higher cited and are broader in terms of market coverage …