Using an internationally linked patent database, this paper compares the types of R&D activities undertaken by … involved in some technology‐driven R&D activities; European firms are inclined toward market‐driven R&D, while Japanese firms …

(1996-2009). We identify foreign inventive activity by applying the ‘cross-border-ownership concept’ to transnational patent … with persistent spatial heterogeneity in Germany. Using a pooled count data model, we estimate the effect of various …

(1996-2009). We identify foreign inventive activity by applying the 'cross-border-ownership concept' to transnational patent … with persistent spatial heterogeneity in Germany. Using a pooled count data model, we estimate the effect of various … Deutschland im Zeitraum von 1996 bis 2009. Um ausländische technologische Aktivitäten auf regionaler Ebene (96 Regionen) zu …

almost 20,000 patenting firms from Europe over the period 2003-2012. The main outcome from the proposed GMM-SYS estimations …

almost 20,000 patenting firms from Europe over the period 2003-2012. The main outcome from the proposed GMM-SYS estimations …

(1996-2009). We identify foreign inventive activity by applying the ‘cross-border-ownership concept’ to transnational patent … with persistent spatial heterogeneity in Germany. Using a pooled count data model, we estimate the effect of various …

This paper examines the idea that the USA has outshined Europe in the race for new medicines as a result of a flight of … ‘performed' R&D and ‘extra-mural' R&D, and focuses on R&D productivity and patent quality as key indicators of innovation. The … study provides three new insights: (a) R&D expenditure yields more patents in the USA but this is due to Europe's superior …

almost 20,000 patenting firms from Europe over the period 2003-2012.The main outcome from the proposed GMM-SYS estimations is …

technology fields (ISI-SPRU-OST concordance) and 6 high-technology fields based on data on EPO patent applications and EPO … inventors for the reference period 1977-2004. Based upon OECD RegPAT database (January 2009), we extract EPO patent applications … quotients and weighted locational and spatial GINI coefficients. We confirm the hypotheses that (i) the technology fields under …