A surprisingly small number of innovative firms use the patent system. In the UK, the share of firms patenting among … market, and many sectors are not patent active. We find evidence pointing to a positive association between patenting and … innovative performance measured as turnover due to innovation, but not between patenting and subsequent employment growth. The …

A surprisingly small number of innovative firms use the patent system. In the UK, the share of firms patenting among … market, and many sectors are not patent active. We find evidence pointing to a positive association between patenting and … innovative performance measured as turnover due to innovation, but not between patenting and subsequent employment growth. The …

's fairs between 1851 and 1915. Exhibition data show that the industry where an innovation is made is the single most important … patent. The discovery of the periodic table in 1869 offers an opportunity to test this idea. Exhibition data show that …