Institutions of higher education are considered as an important source of innovation. Consequently, big efforts are … factors affect the innovation and knowledge transfer activities of male and female academics. We show that Gender differences … position) affect such innovation transfer activities. While women generate fewer inventions than men, the fulltime employed …

. Our evidence, which builds on a database that matches research institutions to a sample of their patent applications …, indicates patent applications to the European Patent Office (EPO) filed by research institutions grew faster than industry … patent applications remains low and their ratio of patents granted to applications is below that of industry. An econometric …

patent quantity is driven by knowledge exchange rather than joint R&D. Firms engaged in joint R&D, on the other hand, receive … more forward citations per patent indicating that joint R&D enhances patent quality. In light of literature on strategic …

patent quantity is driven by knowledge exchange rather than joint R&D. Firms engaged in joint R&D, on the other hand, receive … more forward citations per patent indicating that joint R&D enhances patent quality. In light of literature on strategic …&D Collaboration ; Knowledge Exchange ; Patents ; Innovation ; Count Data Models …

creation alliances lead to more valuable patents as they receive significantly more forward citations per patent. Knowledge … exchange alliances, on the other hand, are associated with patent quantity, but not quality. …

linkages between network embeddedness and innovation activities have been largely explored, the impact on patent quality in … knowledge spillovers, as they serve as central actors of innovation networks and stimulate network activities. Whereas the … of respective institutions within innovation networks thereby reinforces the radicalness of inventions. However, we do …

The Innovation Act was introduced by the French government in 1999, with the aim of encouraging academic institutions … result varies with the technological class of the patent, the presence and age of a technology transfer office within the …

an active innovation promoter. As such, it has actively implemented innovation policies that focus especially on creating … new funding opportunities and establishing several R&D centres to facilitate information flow and innovation cooperation … electronics SMEs, whether these policies have positively affected innovation intensity in HK. The survey findings indicate that …