This paper uncovers over 10 central level and over 150 provincial/municipal level patent targets, mostly to be met by … the absence of important criteria for ensuring patent quality. Further, the overly heavy focus on just a few types of … quantitative patent targets (e.g., for patent applications and patents granted) overshadows the type of benchmarking that better …

We test the relationship between happiness and self-rated health in Italy. The analysis relies on a unique dataset … to the rest of Italy. As expected, this scales down the role of social capital. …

value and future liquidity of patent collateral, explain why higher-value and more liquid patents are more acceptable … collateral, and indicate how patent-collateralization improves high-risk SMEs’ chances of receiving loans. We clarify how the … complexity of technology influences patent liquidity. An empirical examination employing a novel dataset of patents accepted as …

factors for technology invention related to green chemistry in Japan using patent application data and a decomposition … increased because of the scale-up of overall research activities and increased priority. Additionally, the number of patent …

This paper investigates whether patent subsidy programs aimed at promoting regional innovations have aroused a large … number of low-quality applications in China and created biased patent statistics as an indicator for innovations. We found … that patent filing fee subsidies encouraged filing of low-quality patent, resulting in a decreased grant rate. Though …