The idea of entrepreneurial university seeks to boost the transfer of academic knowledge to
firms and foster socio-economic development. The main objective of this paper is to examine …

This article examines the gender gap in patenting activities and the predominance of male
innovators among outstanding inventors, so-called 'stars'. In particular, we investigate …

As a primary legal instrument regulating creative and cultural production, intellectual
property (IP) law has profound consequences for the shaping of society, markets, and …

Social contract is one of the most common schemes for justifying patents. According to this
theory, inventors obtain a commercial exclusivity in exchange for the disclosure of the …

Patents are typically justified as a means to provide critical incentives for technical progress,
and as a vehicle to offer a crucial gateway to recognition and remuneration when …

The objective of this article is to present the state of the art on gender studies in patents. In
the introduction, we detail the interest of this review and give some brief notes on the nature …

This article examines the factors that underlie the gender gap in patenting activities with
large predominance of male innovators. In particular, the study investigates the presence of …

Imagine a scenario in which an undocumented immigrant is appearing in front of a judge
responsible for determining whether this immigrant can stay in the United States. The …

El objetivo de este artículo es exponer el estado de la cuestión sobre los estudios de género
en patentes. En la introducción, se detalla el interés de esta revisión y se hacen unas …

Although the total number of innovations developed by independent inventors is currently
smaller than the output of organizations' R&D departments, the literature indicates that they …