-tech countries - such as the U.S. or Germany. Large CSP potential is not a sufficient condition for innovation, only developed …. Though concentrating solar power is receiving growing interest, innovation studies so far have explored innovative activity … technologies. This study relies on patent data to examine international innovative activity in concentrating solar power …

forward citations patents can receive at the European Patent Office. While a patent can be cited as non-infringing state of … the art, it can also be cited because it threatens the novelty of patent applications ("blocking citations"). Empirical …. This finding adds to the patent value literature by showing that different types of patent citations carry different …

Ever since the occurrence of the first oil shock, which struck the Japanese economy in 1973, Japan has made efforts to … technology that has partially supported this change is solar photovoltaic technology. Japan was one of the leading countries in …-in tariff policy, has become sluggish. For Japan to put itself back on track, it must find a new strategy to increase its solar …

the need for Japan to develop a new growth model. Such a model should restore public finances and long-term growth while … preserving environmental quality and ensuring a sustainable use of natural resources. This paper assesses Japan’s progress in … moving towards such an environmentally friendly growth pattern. It summarises Japan’s achievements and challenges in …

the need for Japan to develop a new growth model. Such a model should restore public finances and long-term growth while … preserving environmental quality and ensuring a sustainable use of natural resources. This paper assesses Japan’s progress in … moving towards such an environmentally friendly growth pattern. It summarises Japan’s achievements and challenges in …

The March 11, 2011 tragedy at the Fukushima Daiichi power station in Japan immediately etched its place in history as … in Japan and worldwide. It observes that rather than stopping what many thought was a burgeoning “nuclear renaissance …,” the global policy reaction post-Fukushima was more varied. Using the examples of Germany, the United States, and China …