This paper analyzes the relationship between academic inventors and firms, focusing on the relation between academic inventors, the technological profiles of firms and patent value. In particular, this paper focuses on the value of academic patents as compared to non-academic patents, owned by...

This paper investigates the characteristics and importance of academic involvement in industrial invention processes by comparing firms’ academic and non-academic patents. In contrast to previous research, this paper analyses firm-owned patents, which provides insight into the characteristics...