Patent statistics as indicators of innovative activities: Possibilities and problems
Abstract
Advances in information technology have increased actual and potential uses of patent statistics as proxy measures of innovative activities. Analytical contributions have come out of economics, bibliometrics, and descriptive comparisons for policy purposes. They show achievement of promise in analysing (1) international patterns of innovative activities and their effects on trade and production; (2) patterns of innovative activities amongst...
Paper Details
Title
Patent statistics as indicators of innovative activities: Possibilities and problems
Published Date
Jan 1, 1985
Journal
Volume
7
Issue
1-2
Pages
77 - 99
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