The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the research on the role played by patent systems in the … whether the emergence of modern patent systems exerted a favorable impact on inventive activities. However, the recent … literature has shed light on a number of fundamental factors which affect the links between inventive activities and the patent …

We examine the effect of prizes on innovation using data on awards for technological development offered by the Royal …” technology sectors. Prizes encouraged competition and medals were more important than monetary awards. The boost to innovation we …

anecdotal. This paper provides direct quantitative evidence showing that how innovation and design work was done changed … fundamentally during the Industrial Revolution. This change was characterized by the professionalization of innovation and design …