Biographical information on a sample of renowned U.S. inventors is combined with information on the patents they received over their careers, and employed to highlight the implications of patent institutions for markets in inventions and for democratization. The United States deliberately...

Die vorliegende Studie basiert auf dem Gutachten "Der mittelständische Maschinenbau am Standort Deutschland - Chancen und Risiken im Zeitalter von Globalisierung und "New Economy", das vom ifo Institut unter Federführung des Arbeitsbereichs "Strukturwandel und Branchen" für das...

The term "frugal innovation" has established itself in scholarly discourse as well as in actual business practice in a short time. Nevertheless, its theoretical antecedents and underpinnings remain unclear. In this study we present results of a bibliometric analysis, which indicate that the...