Patent information is an essential ingredient for fostering innovations. Although most of developed countries have been … using patent information as a source of technological information to assist R&D companies and organizations, Tanzania is … lagging behind. Recognizing the critical role of patent information in nurturing innovations, Tanzania has recently engaged in …

Summary This paper analyzes empirically the effects of innovation on employment at the firm level using a uniquely long … introduce different innovation categories. We find clearly positive effects for product and process innovations on employment … growth with the effects for process innovations being slightly higher. For product innovations that involved patent …

shows that as the world becomes globalized, one country should consider the other country's patent policy in deciding its …While international patent law harmonization has been an issue in progress since the conclusion of the Paris Convention … growing sensitivity to the patent system's social and economic role in society. Inherently, the patent systems should be …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to use a dynamic model of optimal patent design and, in the presence of … earlier-expiring patent only chooses to proceed with R&D activates when the patent it holds expires if the expected discounted … models of patent design, the role of competitive fringe firms is discussed implicitly. The model presented in this research …

perspective, this study examines the impact of search boundary on innovation novelty and quality. Additionally, innovation targets …, namely R&D innovation and application innovation, are proposed as the moderator of the knowledge search effect. Using a … boundary enhances both innovation novelty and innovation quality. For R&D innovation, the positive impact of search boundary on …

Purpose – This paper aims at identifying factors that might affect academic patent activities. It investigates the … universities able to determine the level of patent activity. Design/methodology/approach – Three hypotheses are tested through a … regression analysis, considering various academic variables. Findings – Results demonstrate that the patent activity is mainly …

economies. Design/methodology/approach – The key place of emerging economies in the efforts of established MNEs to seek patent … South Africa both present evidence of MNEs seeking to influence pharmaceutical patent laws, distinct differences emerge. In … India, most MNE pressure has been in response to the emergence of an active domestic industry and a patent law oriented …

rates, patent filing gap, and trade openness are significant determinants of the technology gap between innovator and … innovator country; but a minimum threshold of human capital, such as adult workforce illiteracy rates and patent filing has to … specialists trying to improve the rate of technology adoption and innovation.  …

reference to synopsis, thesis, report and patent. Design/methodology/approach The National Digital Library of India (NDLI) was … the selected grey resources, e.g. report, thesis, synopsis and patent, are open for access. It also discloses the …