Belitz, Heike; Lejpras, Anna - 2021
EPO Worldwide Patent Statistical Database PATSTAT. Based on the final dataset, covering about 1,700 world’s top corporate …), technology-seeking (TS), and/or market-seeking (MS) - do the MNE employ? and (3) What are the typical patterns in pursuing … R&D investors and their patenting activity, we find that about one-fifth focus their patent-relevant R&D activity in …