Ervits, Irina; Żmuda, Małgorzata - In: Comparative economic research : Central and Eastern Europe 19 (2016) 4, pp. 85-105
The objective of this paper is to investigate the effects of institutions on national rates of inventive activity. Invention, part of the innovation process, is acknowledged as one of the driving forces behind economic growth, and patent statistics are frequently used as a measurable indicator...
