Regarding technological innovativeness, the transformed economy of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR) clearly lags behind the Western part of the country. To face this weakness, a broad mixture of policy measures was carried out in recent years. Particular attention is drawn to the...

In this paper we analyze 1026 patent applications filed by firms and inventors from the Friuli Venezia Giulia region in the 2008-2011 period. Applications have been analyzed, among the other variables, per type of applicant, industry and market segment. Conclusions have been derived on the...