Heterogeneity of patenting activity and its implications for scientific research

Research Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 26-34

  Czarnitzki, Dirk ^a,b   Glänzel, Wolfgang ^a,c   Hussinger, Katrin ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Academic inventors; Entrepreneurial universities; Industry science linkages; Patents; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; PUBLISHING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ACADEMIC INVENTORS; ENTREPRENEURIAL UNIVERSITIES; FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCHES; GERMANY; LARGE SAMPLES; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; PATENTS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES; UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 57849120168     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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