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 …

three economic areas: USA, Japan and Europe and we select their environmental and dirty patents from European Patent Office …

In this paper, we have used an original survey of patent utilization to empirically examine whether the timings of … patent-related behaviors in Japanese firms (e.g., the year a patent application was filed, the year a patent examination was … requested, and the year a patent right lapsed) correspond with those of invention-related behaviors in these firms (e.g., the …

Patent Offices to track inventors' locations over time and combine it with international effective top tax rate data. We … others, measures of patent quality and technological fit with each potential destination. We find that superstar top 1 …