High technology exports (HTX) are considered as an important factor for sustainable economic growth for a country. One … of the most important prerequisite to high tech manufacturing and export is technology ownership. Technology ownership … mentioned variables using a panel data of EU-15 countries for the period 1995-2010 and find that EFL, HDL and FDI aggregately …

' successful patent applications. The last chapter describes sector-level input-output relationships in eleven European economies …

' successful patent applications. The last chapter describes sector-level input-output relationships in eleven European economies …

High technology exports (HTX) are considered as an important factor for sustainable economic growth for a country. One … of the most important prerequisite to high tech manufacturing and export is technology ownership. Technology ownership … mentioned variables using a panel data of EU-15 countries for the period 1995-2010 and find that EFL, HDL and FDI aggregately …

identifying the role played by FOEs in NUTS-2 smart specialisations' (SS's) internationalisation through exports. With the use of … a set of PCSE regressions, the paper depicts the role of FOEs in creating SS-compliant exports against the background of … their influence on total regional exports. The obtained results proved the positive role of FOEs in regional exports per se …

This paper develops a methodology to compare the quality of examination services in different patent offices. Quality … is defined as the extent to which patent offices comply with their patentability conditions in a transparent way. The … of patent offices in Europe (EPO), Japan (JPO) and the US (USPTO) shows that their operational designs differ …

This paper analyzes firms' choices regarding the geographic scope of patent protection within the European patent … system. We develop an econometric model at the patent level to quantify the impact of office fees and translation costs on … firms' decision to validate a patent in a particular country once it has been granted by the EPO. These costs have been …

One feature of the European patent system that is heavily criticized nowadays is related to its complex fragmentation … and the induced cost burden for applicants. Once a patent is granted by the EPO, the assignee must validate (and often … validation behavior of applicants. We rely on a gravity model that aims at explaining patent flows between inventor and target …

, the share of exports in total sales, the number of countries exported to, and the participation in import. The big picture …, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom) to investigate the links between firm age and the participation of the firms in export … revealed is in line with the theoretical considerations. Older firms tend to be more often exporters and importers, they export …