Abstract Theory and research suggest that sexual harassment is often a dominance strategy
used to undermine women's power, but the precise relationships between government …

Entrepreneurship research has shown significant differences between genders on what
concerns technology commercialization. However, most evidence on gender differences …

A growing stream of the academic literature has investigated the factors that hamper the
participation of women researchers in patenting and commercialization activities; however …

By effectively increasing the value of investments in innovation, intellectual property rights ("
IIPRs") are often argued to be vital to the success of any innovative project.'Innovation is …

Despite improvements on many measures of gender equality over the past 50 years,
occupational gender segregation remains a defining characteristic of modern labor markets …

Although all should be treated equally under the law, patent law has long been known to
favor some less than others. Patentable technology is highly heterogeneous, covering …

Although female involvement in science and technology has been growing over recent
years, it is still low. Latin America is no exception. Even though the Latin American region …

Collaboration among inventors is very important in patenting an invention. Inventors
collaborate based on their professional knowledge and experience. Because of the non …

Purpose: This work presents a study on the female involvement in patent applications in all
23 Ibero-American countries that are WIPO members, in order to measure gender …

The process of commercialising academic research is economically desirable for
universities, individual researchers and the public (de Melo-Martin, 2013). Of the various …