Technological development, or innovation (defined narrowly), is important for sustainable
economic growth, and this has been the case throughout human history. In addition, the …

The increasingly systemic nature of innovation activities requires the development of
appropriate and reliable indicators that accurately reflect interactions between actors in the …

A number ofscholars consider innovations to emerge within a system through interactions
between different economic actors such as the state, public agencies, firms, public …

Numerous studies have demonstrated the central role of universities in the development of
innovation ecosystems, however the literature on the manner in which universities might …

The university-industry collaboration is considered a crucial factor for firms' competitiveness
and economic development(Etzkowitz, Leydesdorff, 2000; Cooke et al., 2004; Bonaccorsi …

This study explores the importance of the mobility of knowledge workers (ie, inventors) for
the formation of collaborative patents across different regional contexts. In particular, it looks …

This paper investigates the relevance of co-patents–ie patents applied for by different
assignees–as an indicator of Open Innovation. Recently the importance of collaborative …

Does international R&D collaboration produce patents of higher technological value?
Applied to the case of Siemens, this paper utilizes the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) and …

There are two counter-intuitive trends in technological collaboration currently at work,
making collaborative patent applications less common but where they exist, the …

This paper explores three novel research questions. First, is an increase in the number of
countries involved in ownership of a co-patent an effective way to enhance patent quality …