inventors in China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. We analyse patents issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to thousands of …We provide new insights into the role of individual inventors in innovation. We focus our analysis on prolific …

particular industry - standards generate potential for market power far beyond the legal protection conferred by patents. Patent … that have fueled antitrust debates and economic research during the last decade. On the one hand, patent owners may be … a patent pool may actually be pro-competitive. After a brief introduction, we explain in the first part why, and on what …

in their performance in terms of innovation. Rather, patent data rather highlight a policy-driven effort to catch up in …China is the largest solar photovoltaic cell producer in the world, with more than one third of worldwide production in … success and its limits, with a particular emphasis on the role of technology transfers and innovation. Our analysis combines a …

R&D and innovation have become much more strategic than ever before for the growth of China as well as for its global … societal upgrade. The Chinese authorities have designed an innovation strategy to face new economic and social challenges. The … perspective explaining the legacy of the past in today's choices. In the second part, we illustrate China's catching up strategy …

, new energy vehicles (NEVs) within China. Design/methodology/approach The broad strategic approach of two sectors within … the NEV sector in China, the pure electric vehicle (EV) and the low-speed electric vehicle (LSEV) sectors, are compared … China's future industrial growth and is heavily supported. In contrast, the LSEV sector receives no support from central …

Universidade de La Rochelle (ULR) (France) in relation to the activities of innovation management, intellectual property (IP) and …, the legislation on innovation of each country, patents deposited and cases of technology transfer are presented. The … regarding the legislation on innovation, from the databases of the universities, and from an interview with the director of the …

detailed patent data from 96 countries for the period 1995-2007. The data provide strong evidence that lax Intellectual … possible to capture a substitution effect between local and foreign inventions.Working paper abstract: Using patent data from …

Research) and its dyadic relations with the SMEs. In such a cooperative, interactive innovation process, we will argue that …&D and innovation in various other sectors, perhaps inducing positive amplification effects on innovation behavior, and … thereby on economic growth at the macroeconomic level within the “national innovation system”. This research work initiated by …