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Patent costs and the value of inventions : explaining patenting behaviour between England, Ireland and Scotland, 1617-1852
Billington, Stephen D. - 2018
Ascertaining whether patents encourage invention necessitates understanding the incentives inventors respond to. The … Industrial Revolution is hotly debated. This paper's contribution is to examine the incentives to patent, and the characteristics … of patentees, by observing the entire population of British patents granted up to the patent reforms of 1852. I find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011904938
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"War, what is it good for?" : the industrial revolution!
Billington, Stephen D. - 2018
Did the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars contribute to the Industrial Revolution? Recent scholarship argues warfare was an important factor in explaining Britain's industrialisation, by encouraging the invention and diffusion of key technologies with military applications. I re-examine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011933511
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Institutions and Technological Innovation During Early Economic Growth : Evidence from the Great Inventors of the United States, 1790-1930
Sokoloff, Kenneth L.; Khan, B. Zorina - 2021
Biographical information on a sample of renowned U.S. inventors is combined with information on the patents they … enforce tradable assets in new technological knowledge. By facilitating access to such markets in technology, patents enhanced … their technological creativity, and their response to such incentives increased overall technological progress. For this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318944
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Patterns of innovation during the Industrial Revolution: a reappraisal using a composite indicator of patent quality
Nuvolari, Alessandro; Tartari, Valentina; Tranchero, Matteo - 2020
for all patents granted in England in the period 1700-1850. Our findings indicate that macroinventions did not exhibit any …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012267975
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Institutions and technological innovation during early economic growth : evidence from the great inventors of the United States, 1790-1930 : presented at CESifo Venice Summer Insti...
Khan, B. Zorina; Sokoloff, Kenneth L. - 2004
Biographical information on a sample of renowned U.S. inventors is combined with information on the patents they … enforce tradable assets in new technological knowledge. By facilitating access to such markets in technology, patents enhanced … their technological creativity, and their response to such incentives increased overall technological progress. For this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011451502
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Amateur or Professional? A New Look at 19th Century Patentees in Norway
Basberg, Bjørn - 2012
The paper analyses Norwegian 19th century patentees. A special focus is on the affiliation or relationship of the patentees to the manufacturing industries, business and the wider economy. A main question is whether the inventors were what might be called ‘amateurs' working independently, or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013105820
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Accelerating Patent Examination for Fourth Industrial Revolution Technologies
Yoon, Chungeun - 2023
. I analyze the impact of accelerated examination of 4IR patents on the patent examination period and the patent grant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014263547
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China's march to prosperity : reforms to avoid the middle-income trap
Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Hill, Sam - 2013
liberalisation; strengthening competition in markets for goods and services; education, research and innovation. Progress is also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010231008
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"Clause and effect" : invention and state intervention during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
Billington, Stephen D.; Lane, Joe - 2023
-1820: the introduction of a new proviso into British patents compelling inventors to supply the military, and also attracting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013553361
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What explains patenting behaviour during Britain's Industrial Revolution?
Billington, Stephen D. - In: Explorations in economic history : EEH 82 (2021), pp. 1-10
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