Measuring the output of men and women in science and technology has previously been mostly restricted to case studies or small-scale surveys. Based on an analysis of patent and publication databases, this paper applies a methodology to systematically assign the gender to the names of inventors...

The following article systematically analyzes the question of how the results of R&D and its protection - or so to say, the technology base of a firm - can influence its market value and profits. Based on theoretical arguments it is hypothesized that large and highly valuable patent portfolios...

Empirical evidence shows that the distribution of patent applications is highly skewed in terms of company size, with a few large enterprises being responsible for the majority of patent applications. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), on the other hand, are important players in national...

Es wurde mit den "Transnationalen Patenten" ein neues Konzept zur Bewertung der technologischen Wettbewerbsfähigkeit von Volkswirtschaften vorgestellt, das eine bessere internationale Vergleichbarkeit als mit bisherigen Ansätzen zulässt. Im Gegensatz zu nationalen Anmeldungen oder...

In this study, we compared the profile of German Transnational Patents with the patenting profiles of other countries from several different angles. Germany is a stronghold in international patenting in terms of the absolute number of filings (ranked the third only after the United States and...

Der Strukturwandel zur Wissens- und Dienstleistungswirtschaft führt zu einer steigenden Nachfrage nach hoch qualifizierten Erwerbstätigen, die im Innovationswettbewerb eine Schlüsselrolle spielen. Dies betrifft zentral zum einen wissenschaftlich ausgebildetes Personal für Forschung und...