High demand for researchers and scientists has led to an increase in skilled migration in recent years. The paper … scientists from developing countries and discusses policy options for maximizing the potential gains associated with … return decisions of researchers and scientists are primarily shaped by factors such as the quality of the research …

university level we find award of U-I targeted grants coincides with increased patent activity compared to non-targeted grants …. Exploring the dynamics of the relationship, we observe the effect of U-I targeted grants on patent activity is short lived at an … inventor level. Further, the propensity for patent activity is influenced by the ratio of U-I targeted to non-targeted grants …

acquired company. If inventors would respond with a decline of their patent productivity or departure from the firm this can be … stayed with the merged entity; 3.) M&As trigger inventor mobility, but do not lead to a decline in patent productivity if …

alternative indicators of the stock of knowledge are specified. One is based on patent applications, the other on numbers of …

What makes scientists patent and disclose inventions to employers? Using a new dataset on Max Planck scientists, we … explore their motivations to patent and/or disclose inventions. We propose that patenting need not be used for monetary … benefits. Scientists value reputation as important use patenting and disclosures as a signal to gain it. We find that it is not …

Incentives and assistance provided by TTOs, university policies, patent legislation and scientific disciplines are … related to the scientists' motives, expectations and perceptions about the importance and necessity of such activities. There … relatively under-researched theme. Our findings suggest that scientists are rarely engage in patenting activities for economic …

names of inventors on patent filings with authors of scientific publications. This methodological procedure can be adjusted …

panels of UK and US firms matched to patent data we show that UK firms who had established a high proportion of US …