This study investigated gender differences in innovative behaviour and technological change in Iran by using data on … patents granted to Iranians in Iran and their demographic characteristics. Descriptive analysis was used to compare gender … involvement and cooperation in patent activities. In addition, an econometric analysis was employed to investigate the statistical …

that state appropriations play in public universities' patent production. The results suggest that state appropriation cuts … have a negative impact on the number of approved patent applications from public research universities. Lower state …

collaboration. However, patent documents reveal that a number of inventor teams are able to overcome long distances. Earlier …

This paper analyses the development of universities' patent applications in Germany before and after the abolition of … the 'professors' privilege' in 2002. By means of a database with all patent applications of German universities with … legislation is found only for universities without patent activities in the past. This indicates the importance of collecting …

The paper studies the patent productivity of scientists over their life cycle. The incentives for patenting and for … at the end of the scientific career. In contrast, the analytical model given here suggests an increase of patent … productivity over the life time. In the empirical part the patents of nearly 1000 German patent active professors are analyzed. The …